“Silicon skeleton” is Arthrn’s Melancholic Ode to an Idealized Love Lost

Arthrn_cover_lg — Arthrn, image courtesy the artist

“Silicon skeleton” has a beautiful desolation to its hush, downtempo beat. Like the memories of something long lost but also cherished in a way you keep to yourself because it’s so pure and close to your heart you want to protect it as a place to return to that isn’t tarnished and sullied by too much examination and the tarnish of intervening life experience. It’s almost mournful in tone acknowledging that nothing else has quite measured up and that maybe nothing ever can despite any flaws that didn’t matter at the time. But in that realization that it’s possible again. Sonically it’s downtempo IDM with hip-hop-flavored vocals but the song transcends narrow genre designations in its ethereal beauty. Listen below and follow French producer and composer Arthrn at the links provided.