TRIPTYCHS by Peltiform

Reviewed by Igloo Magazine [Sep 2025]

A visionary collaboration unites Peltiform with Paul Daniels (Dissolved), Tam Ferrans (Mitoma/Nonima), and Nathan Story (Floating Spirits), weaving a reflective narrative across TRIPTYCHS, an expansion from 2024’s Like Phantoms. Across ten audio relics suspended in unreality, chronology dissolves—sound reigns supreme, emotion threads each movement. Opening piece “Lapsed and Phased” unfurls with meditative drones, inviting listeners into boundless, meditative terrain where Peltiform settle into a deep, intuitive rhythm.

Tracks like “A Signature of Dissolution” and “Mirage Concept” pulse with the faded glow of retro-futurist IDM—gentle oscillations drift in slow motion while deeper, fractured sonics emerge. On “Pulse of Soft Time,” darker digital abstractions unravel into intricate, mechanical strata. Here, in fragmented patterns, hushed modulations, and fractured rhythms, TRIPTYCHS begins to reveal its intricate form.

“A Cold Shadow Falls” rides on scattered percussive bursts and warped vocal fragments, glitch veils shimmering like distant satellites. Industrial decay becomes melody on “Holoceptation,” “Memory Silo Storage,” and the cybernetic contours of “Dischronia” where broken circuits pulse with worn warmth. Finally, “A Glint In The Fields” ascends—celestial, raw, radiant—offering a quiet optimism, as if dawn crests over abandoned terrain.

Poised between sci-fi drift and ambient disintegration, this collection stands as a sleek, introspective traverse—shaped by three luminaries of experimental electronic art.

We cater to the sounds for the spaces inbetween. Mangling minds and ears since 2009.

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