A Vanishing Touch, by Secret Pyramid

A Vanishing Touch

by Secret Pyramid

supported by

diane~marie This record has quickly elevated to an album of the year for me and I’m often a slow burn with that sort of thing. For the lack of properly articulating the full artistic value deserved—Amir’s work is dynamic, moody, and lush, with strong individuality and lasting integrity. I find myself continually gravitating towards it for another listen. Don’t sleep.

Gabriel Jermaine Vanlandingham-Dunn thumbnail

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$7 USD or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Black vinyl with OBI strip and full color jacket.

Includes unlimited streaming of A Vanishing Touch via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 2 days

$24 USD or more

	1.	Whim 02:16
	2.	Slow Softly 03:31
	3.	Broken Wing 01:06
	4.	Kiss The Hold 04:04
	5.	So So 02:25
	6.	Out Of The Sky, Into The Ground 01:34
	7.	Valerian 04:30
	8.	Bloom Nightly 00:57
	9.	One Twelve (feat. Ilyas Ahmed) 01:42
	10.	Blush 02:05
	11.	Hands To 03:48
	12.	First Rotation 02:51
	13.	Turning Into Air 04:16
	14.	Cradle 04:40
	15.	A Vanishing Touch album mix 39:53

about

While possibly not the first ambient record to be inspired by J Dilla’s Donuts, Secret Pyramid’s A Vanishing Touch is in rarified company. The two seem antithetical - with Donuts a now classic collection of short beats compiled together and A Vanishing Touch being a 40-minute suite consisting of 14 pieces. However, like any genre, ambient music has a lot more going on beneath the surface than might be initially gleaned.

From the start, Amir Abbey dropped his usual songwriting process of long contemplation and careful sculpting. “I let the pieces live and breathe, and I spent a lot less time tweaking and editing. Doing this "brought an energy and mystery to the music that was missing from what I’ve made in the past.” This allowed the record to come together quickly", with Abbey working on it nightly after his work day had ended. “Each album is a snapshot of where I am at that point in time. With this album, I have been thinking about shifting memory, how a moment in time does not need to be thought of as endless, but rather part of a cycle. Every beginning is as important and salient as the ending that follows.”

Working at home, as he always has, Abbey embeds synths, tape loops and processing, horns, ondes martenot, guitar, bass, and organ within the multi-tiered composition of A Vanishing Touch. Sounds morph, bleed, fade, and permeate with moments where a listener is able to make out what is being played at that moment. “I’ve intentionally blurred some of the instrumentation and it can’t be easily made out, so even if you pay attention to the sound, there’s something ephemeral about it." Each measure feels deep, singular, mysterious, and unconfined.

It’s a new approach to ambience - the magic of the moment as a moment, not stretched beyond its point in time. “A Vanishing Touch is about impermanence and the beauty that can result from it.”

Ba Da Bing Records (BING-202)

credits

released October 27, 2023

license

about

Secret Pyramid Vancouver, British Columbia

contact: secretpyramidsound@gmail.com

Instagram

contact / help

Contact Secret Pyramid

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Secret Pyramid, you may also like:

hybtwibt?
by Space Afrika

supported by 19 fans who also own “A Vanishing Touch”

i haven't been through what you've been through, but i want to understand everett
go to album
Everywhere at the end of time
by The Caretaker

supported by 19 fans who also own “A Vanishing Touch”

Actually astounding and emotionally moving, creating a community that I have been proudly a part of for 2 years OrsonXD
go to album
Daughter
by Raum

supported by 18 fans who also own “A Vanishing Touch”

beautiful the album seems like a walk through nature with so many little details surrounding u love it _crysknife
go to album
Spirit Exit
by caterina barbieri

The Italian composer and synthesizer player crafts panoramic views, letting phrases blossom from small ideas into explosions. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 8, 2022
go to album
Acknowledgment
by Mark Trecka

Working with just voice, piano and handmade cassette loops, the Chicago sound artist navigates heavy themes through a minimalist lens. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 2, 2021
go to album
Various Thoughts and Places
by 't Geruis

An exercise in finding the balance between the beauty and the broken, the latest from ’t Geruis wanders gentle soundscapes. Bandcamp New & Notable May 24, 2021
go to album
No Highs
by Tim Hecker

supported by 18 fans who also own “A Vanishing Touch”

Tim Hecker again beautifully building and deconstructing sounds. This is anticlimax music that makes you work for that ease and comfort. Great representation of life in so many aspects cosmicsou
go to album