Yasuyuki Uesugi’s Analog Synthesizer-generated “Dusty Cellar” is the Sonic Equivalent of a Creepy Urban Exploration Video

“Dusty Cellar,” the song by Yasuyuki Uesugi, sounds like exploration of an old building using a drone with a camera. Echoing blips like sonar as the drone works its way through the room, the green light of a night vision camera revealing eddying motes and the cultural detritus, old magazines, old clothes that may never again see the light of day, boxes of indeterminate contents. The way white noise and sound generated by the artist’s handmade synthesizers, courtesy JMT SYNTH, there is a mysterious psychological headspace conveyed like House of Leaves in miniature where the journey seems endless but there is a subtly tantalizing quality that draws you deeper in and in the case of this song, it keeps you listening to the end waiting for the dramatic conclusion that may never come. In effect it is like the Zen proverb, “The journey is the reward.” With this song that reward is getting to experience some moments of dark, urban mystery by going along for the ride of the song as it outros to a washout of grey noise. Listen to “Dusty Cellar” on Soundcloud and follow Yasuyuki Uesugi at the links provided.

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