why we love this
Trickling pools of synth wash ashore, sparkling under a rising sun. The album bursts with dizzying joy and soothing melodies that capture a soundscape perfect for getting outside, whether digging your toes in the sand or hiking through a forest with wonder and delight.
about the record
Balmat began its journey in 2021 with the release of Luke Sanger’s Languid Gongue. Three years later, the label turns an important corner as the Norfolk musician rejoins them with Dew Point Harmonics, marking the first repeat appearance on the label. Sanger’s new album feels like a natural extension of his inaugural record for Balmat. It is a bewitching collection of esoteric synth sketches that slip unpredictably between consonant repetition, poignant melodies, and gnarled bursts of noise that catch in the ear like burrs in hiking socks.
That natural metaphor is likely no coincidence. While the album was composed using Sanger’s diverse array of hardware and self-written software, many of the tracks were first conceived while he was hiking in a particularly wild and isolated section of the Norfolk coast. The field recording that opens the album, on “6am Beach Walk,” was captured during one of his early-morning walks, when he and his dog could go miles without encountering another soul. The album’s title draws inspiration from the overnight condensation covering the long marram grass in the dunes, glistening in the early light and drenching anything it touched before evaporating in the morning sun. The concept of dew point—the temperature at which water vapor condenses into liquid—serves as a fitting metaphor for Sanger’s music, where foggy ambience is distilled into glistening, quicksilver orbs, transient spheres of perfection that are eventually absorbed back into the atmosphere.
A shapeshifting collection of richly detailed and deeply expressive electronic miniatures, Dew Point Harmonics stands as both a testament to the mysteries of transformation and an invitation to lose yourself in the wilderness of your own imagination.
- 1 - 6am Beach Walk 3:19
- 2 - Flutter Env 3:07
- 3 - Solid Steps 4:03
- 4 - Poppers 2:37
- 5 - Beneath the Mausoleum 3:19
- 6 - Loop John B 3:08
- 7 - Morning Person 4:18
- 8 - Natural Light 4:16
- 9 - Open Sauce 3:52
- 10 - Terraform 3:38
- 11 - Living Algorithms 4:44
- 12 - Universal Vibrational Frequencies 4:44
- 13 - Vibraphone Home 4:00
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- 1 - 6am Beach Walk 3:19
- 2 - Flutter Env 3:07
- 3 - Solid Steps 4:03
- 4 - Poppers 2:37
- 5 - Beneath the Mausoleum 3:19
- 6 - Loop John B 3:08
- 7 - Morning Person 4:18
- 8 - Natural Light 4:16
- 9 - Open Sauce 3:52
- 10 - Terraform 3:38
- 11 - Living Algorithms 4:44
- 12 - Universal Vibrational Frequencies 4:44
- 13 - Vibraphone Home 4:00
why we love this
Trickling pools of synth wash ashore, sparkling under a rising sun. The album bursts with dizzying joy and soothing melodies that capture a soundscape perfect for getting outside, whether digging your toes in the sand or hiking through a forest with wonder and delight.
about the record
Balmat began its journey in 2021 with the release of Luke Sanger’s Languid Gongue. Three years later, the label turns an important corner as the Norfolk musician rejoins them with Dew Point Harmonics, marking the first repeat appearance on the label. Sanger’s new album feels like a natural extension of his inaugural record for Balmat. It is a bewitching collection of esoteric synth sketches that slip unpredictably between consonant repetition, poignant melodies, and gnarled bursts of noise that catch in the ear like burrs in hiking socks.
That natural metaphor is likely no coincidence. While the album was composed using Sanger’s diverse array of hardware and self-written software, many of the tracks were first conceived while he was hiking in a particularly wild and isolated section of the Norfolk coast. The field recording that opens the album, on “6am Beach Walk,” was captured during one of his early-morning walks, when he and his dog could go miles without encountering another soul. The album’s title draws inspiration from the overnight condensation covering the long marram grass in the dunes, glistening in the early light and drenching anything it touched before evaporating in the morning sun. The concept of dew point—the temperature at which water vapor condenses into liquid—serves as a fitting metaphor for Sanger’s music, where foggy ambience is distilled into glistening, quicksilver orbs, transient spheres of perfection that are eventually absorbed back into the atmosphere.
A shapeshifting collection of richly detailed and deeply expressive electronic miniatures, Dew Point Harmonics stands as both a testament to the mysteries of transformation and an invitation to lose yourself in the wilderness of your own imagination.
