Noah Before’s “Pole Tracking (inlier)” requires some initial patience that pays off in the end. The spectral drift of drone comes wafting in like an early morning, snow strewn breeze in the dead of winter after days of blizzards. There is a stark and melancholic beauty to hearing those freezing winds in the distance that one witnesses from time to time in more moderate climates but frequently as one gets closer to one of the earth’s poles. One wonders if Noah Before did some mathematical mapping of weather patterns charted via satellite and plugging the data in to generate the swelling and swirling sounds that manifest and bring with it that specific and special energy of a place of climate extremes forbidding to all but the most intrepid and adapted creatures whether naturally or with humans technological assistance. This track gets into the headspace of what it might be like to be a scientist studying the Arctic or Antarctic in person for months at a time. Its composition evokes the mystery of it all and what one might call its intimate grandeur that not everyone gets to experience except for limited periods of time when a polar vortex sweeps south. It is the sound of weeks of endless night and of endless day in its constantly evolving gyre of electronic drones. Listen to “Pole Tracking (inlier)” on Spotify and follow Noah Before at the links below.
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