Finaldoll shapes slow-moving ambient structures with singular purpose in the quiet and patient release Prolifere. Like huge landscape paintings of abstract grey rivers wrapped in sheets of cloudy gauze the dark ambient sounds of this work numb and soothe, but with each short piece conveying a definitive gesture that gives shape, form, function.

A collaborative project between Finalcut and Planetaldol, the two have come together to perfectly complement each other. Each of the pieces of Prolifere is able to shift time, focus on a single moment and extend and savor it, as the floating atmospheric electronics and slowed natural sounds slowly build into a structure, revealing nuanced secrets, and then fade, or desconstruct, or spawn a new derivative of their original form.

"isolement" features a deep, reverberant, shifting harmony that is dabbed gently with panning static brush strokes. Spacey filtered synth washes crescendo up from the texture and give birth to scraping, scratching entities that are absorbed back into the soundscape as quickly as they appeared.

"frippe" centers itself around a glitchy hi-hat-like rhythm, with slowed backwards sounds and gritty fuzz crawling in and out of the stereo field. The hi-hat propels the piece forward, carrying the other slower moving elements as if they were transcendental passengers on an imaginary train.

"mInuteMAid" presents a beautiful, chordal harmony which is alive with pulsing movement, with ambient scraping sounds gently caressing this texture. While quite minimal in overall design, the effect is hypnotic, involving, with a natural, human feel.

"signal bruit" gives us droning, floating synthetics whose ringing tones build into distant, fluttering echoes of hum, glitchy staticks, and pulsing resonance. Again, the gesture is simple and drawn out, but involving and effective.

By keeping each of the pieces just the right length (4-5 minutes), the potency of each is maximized, and instead of wondering when each will be over, they leave you wanting to hear each again.