Saturday 15 August 2015

HEXAHEDRONE


Genre: Ambient-Drone
Country: United States of America (Berkeley, California)
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Discography:


HEXAHEDRONE, or Hexahedron was an Ambient-Drone music/art project created by Julian Taquechel. Its music was published between mid-late August 2012 and September 2012. As its creator puts it, HEXAHEDRONE is focused on "capturing the sounds, the essence, and the visuals of the Void, the Infinity, and the 4th dimension.".

HEXAHEDRONE's music could be qualified as wide, open, smooth and free. While listening to one of its albums, we feel like we were in an open void, free falling into nowhere. Its music consists in a series of long keyboard notes, blending one into another. It also uses a high amount of space sounds and effects to recreate this feel of voidness and vastness.


HEXAHEDRONE's works are long, considering that they consist of a single track for each album. They are usually half an hour long, except for "DeATh", that lasts an hour. If we approach these music pieces like they are pop radio tracks, we will definitly not be able to appreciate its soul and its greatness.


When listened in a relaxed mood, not rushing to get anywhere with it, we let ourselves be absorbed by this drone void. Our soul is caressed by our own conscience, as it is left to rest and breathe. We can take it as a form of meditation aid.


Furthermore, following the meditation and inside looking theme, let us take a look at the cover art of HEXAHEDRONE's albums. 



Cover art from "AwaiTinG"
This artwork is both chaotic and beautiful. All the elements that participate in it make it usually senseless at first glance. However, if we look at it carefully, the artwork kind of reflects the spirit of the album. For example, in this particular case, the album title is "AwaiTinG". In its cover art there are several eyes and faces all looking at the same spot. We may understand it as a way to portrait the act of waiting. In addition, we may see the Easter Island Moai as a representation of the way time goes by while awaiting for that special thing to take place.

Every cover art of this Drone project depicts in some way the essence of the music, and might give us a message for us to reflect on. Its music takes us into a journey to the insides of our mind. HEXAHEDRONE is a different musical experience than what we may be used to, if we are not keen listeners of Drone, or Ambient-Drone music, and that for sure is something we should embrace and enjoy.


This project is, at the time of writing this post, inactive. However, some time ago Julian Taquechel started a new project, on which he is working nowadays, called TAQO. Its style drifts apart from HEXAHEDRONE's, leaning more into chip tunes and electronic loops rather than long Ambient-Drone opuses.

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