Newborn. Reset. Purified. Shimmering, noisy, psychedelic, and alive, Divinity Reset is a brief but whole new synth symphony by Uriel on Perth label Pneumatic. Having moved from Portland to SF, the artist created the album as a meditation on “redefining their personal life and musical efforts through the lens of a celestial world,” and the intention comes through. The completely instrumental pieces combine the blissful beauty of light-filled synthesis with the saw-toothed calamity of avant-garde noise, constructing and deconstructing and constructing again an elusive tapestry of sound. For a visual counterpart, also check out Uriel’s frenetic, anime-inspired music video for “Newborn.”
