{"product_id":"zake-ossa-asc-microliths-and-momentary-drifts-cd-7","title":"zakè, Ossa, ASC 'Microliths and Momentary Drifts' [CD+7\"]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDigipak CD + 7\" Record [Bundle]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlass-mastered, silkscreen printed CD housed in a 4-panel, 300g satin cardstock Digipak. Clear cd tray. Includes download code insert. Shrinkwrapped. Heavyweight black 7\" record housed in a 7-3\/8\", 8 guage semi-rigid picture disc sleeve. Vinyl placed in a black dust sleeve. 45rpm. Includes a hand numbered 4 x 6 matte liner card featuring the album artwork, a curated Microliths tracklist, and full credits. Microlith 1,3,4,5,6, and 8. Edition of 50 bundles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMicroliths and Momentary Drifts is the first full-length collaboration from the trio of zakè (Zach Frizzell), Ossa (Kaiton Slusher), and ASC (James Clements), where rolling analog synth lines, chest-rattling bass, and otherworldly atmospherics evoke and build on the timeless qualities of peak-era 90s ambient. Each artist has released solo and collaborative works for Zakè Drone Recordings and Past Inside The Present over the last half-decade, but in this combination, Slusher’s stratospheric fugues take center stage, guided by Frizzell’s compositional hand and the soft power of Clements’ low-end rumble.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach of the eight “Microlith” tracks is a miniature melodic theme or textured vignette, alternating in sequence with the seven longer and more journeylike “Momentary Drift” pieces. The resulting structure bears a filmic pace that rewards the experience of focused listening in a single sitting, in the tradition of avowed touchstones like Selected Ambient Works Volume II or Global Communication’s 76:14. These spectral sounds exist between the murky shadows of the past and the telescopic gaze of the future, where melancholy, guarded optimism is transmitted by imperfect machines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe shimmering keys of opening track, “Microlith 1”, pour across the stereo field like warm rainfall, setting a vivid scene and demonstrating how much the trio can convey in the span of only a few breaths. “Momentary Drift 1” follows with overlapping, kinetic melodies and a backdrop of dense reverb that eases in like a fog across an airfield, while Clements’ bass tones provide subwoofer-friendly ballast deep below the surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross the first half of the album, there is a divide between place and placelessness: forlorn, alien signals arrive from a million light years away (“Microlith 2”), vaporous harmonies echo through liminal spaces (“Momentary Drift 3”), and dappled dayglow emerges through tape-saturated mist (“Momentary Drift 5”). Core to many of these pieces is a tonality akin to the fabled “secret weapon” synths found on Boards of Canada’s most iconic beatless recordings, imbuing a similarly eerie nostalgia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Every collaboration takes me outside myself in a different way,” Slusher notes, “and this one tells a complete story that developed naturally as we bounced ideas between one another; I really feel as though we shared a genuine connection in what we were aiming to achieve.” Frizzell elaborates, “Only the three of us, working in this balance and contributing our own authentic pieces of the puzzle, could have brought this record into being.” Throughout the set, we hear the distinct hallmarks of each artist – Ossa’s warbling melodicism, zakè’s tape treatments and classically-informed arrangements, and ASC’s phosphorescent radiance – yet the result is uniquely more than the sum of those parts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe exemplary “Momentary Drift 6” is centered on a solemn choral grace that summons a vision of the afterlife in half-light and obscured faces; as the longest piece here, it allows its loops to breathe and wash over, all edges disappearing into charcoal dust. “Momentary Drift 7” adds the distinctive guitar treatments of legendary Twine co-founder Chad Mossholder, whose gritty bursts of processed static create an essential atmospheric contrast as the album nears its conclusion. The brief sunlight of closing piece, “Microlith 8”, fades into a muted crackle, leaving a suitably ambiguous impression of the future in line with that of our forebears, defined by dreams of better worlds but forever tethered to terrestrial reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten, recorded, and produced by zakè, Ossa, and ASC. Additional guitar and textures on ‘Momentary Drift 7’ by Chad Mossholder from Twine. Mixed by zakè at KTS. Mastered by James Bernard at Ambient Mountain House. Photography by Benoît Pioulard on Polaroid SX-70 film. Layout and design by zakè. Marketing, distribution, and phonographic copyright: Zakè Drone Recordings. Pressed, manufactured, and assembled in Ontario, Canada. ©℗ 2026 Zakè Drone Recordings. 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