“Friendly Skies” opens Monggrel’s new album Urban Strata with tones that sound ever so slightly smoothed over and out of focus for a few moments before a crystalline, distinct melody takes the foreground and syncs well with the other synth line like you’re waiting at some kind of docking station in a future metropolis. It sounds welcoming and indeed friendly like the dynamic and the notes working together are designed to put you at rest and in a contemplative state of mind. The rest of the album is akin to a journey through a technologically advanced and culturally developed and diverse large city like something Oneohtrix Point Never might have done for an Anthony Bourdain limited series about Asian street food that never happened. But “Friendly Skies” is the gateway to that journey and it immediately brings you on board for what’s to follow by cleansing the psyche of preonceptions. Listen to the track on Soundcloud, listen to the rest of Urban Strata on Bandcamp and connect with Monggrel at the links below.
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