Audio Dope – Queen City Sounds and Art

The enigmatically titled “Submarine” by Swiss ambient artist Audio Dope has the hints of steady rain in the background in the beginning of the song, lonely keyboard melody and impressionistic, almost vocal tones that drop gently while the end lines of the keyboard figure warp gently out. Halfway through the song, though, this more abstract atmosphere gives way to a harder rhythm and echoing vocal sounds that seem darker in a more urgent yet measured rhythm with the bass hitting where the more ethereal tones earlier in the song served as emotional accents to pace of the song. In that respect it’s like the two halves of the song are mirror images potentially signifying sides of one’s personality that may be on the surface at any given time while another, concurrent, runs underneath but reconciled by essentially being one of emphasis. One tranquil and dreamy, the other more intense and direct. Both imbued with a reflective melancholy. Listen to “Submarine” on Soundcloud and follow Audio Dope at the links provided.