Visible Cloaks' Paradessence is Out Now!

Visible Cloaks’ Paradessence emerges into this world today, indelible, ineffable, illusional.

In 2015, RVNG began work on Reassemblage, the second album from the Portland-based duo of Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile. Visible Cloaks had entered our orbit via a small swathe of incredible original music posted to an ascendent Soundcloud, and we soon immersed deeper into their rich, unfolding oeuvre.

Having released several bona fide cult mixes exploring the Fourth-World undercurrents in ‘80s Japanese ambient and pop, it was no coincidence that Visible Cloaks would incorporate some of this sound within their own music. But the duo’s ears have always been attuned to a wider frequency, and the music that ultimately materialized as reassemblage was paradigm-shifting.

While Visible Cloaks may have stayed somewhat quiet releasing original music since Serenitatem, their blissful 2019 edition of FRKWYS with Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano, the creative process has never slowed. Some of Paradessence has even been under careful construction since the release of Reassemblage, which might cause some pause given its truly innovative contours.

Of course, this speaks to Spencer and Ryan’s disinterest in retreading any paths already pursued, and to their unbridled pursuit of unboundless sound; a utopic plane where symbiosis, be that between the natural and technological or the human and the virtual (or the unknown), unlocks possibility and potential.

Visible Cloaks’ Paradessence is available now in silver and black vinyl (both paired with an ultra-limited foldover print), Japanese CD import via Plancha, CD, and digital editions.