Folklore Current by Synthillow

*Folklore Current* is where the idea of Meridian Flux truly deepens. We’ve always been about those invisible pockets where time shifts, but with this album, we found ourselves drawn to places where folklore isn't just a story—it's a living, breathing hum under the surface of reality. It’s like discovering secret "liminal sanctuaries" where these ancient legends, and even new urban myths, become sentient because time just... behaves differently there.

This whole record became our expedition into mapping the actual sonic fingerprint of these entities. We didn’t just write music; we tried to listen to the whispers of forgotten names and the chaotic pulse of modern-day fables. Each track, from the quiet entry of "Threshold Keeper" to the vast resonance of "Infinite Return," traces a path. It’s a journey that starts in solitude, in those timeless, isolated spaces, and builds towards this incredible moment of shared, communal mythic memory.

Sonically, this album pushed us. We expanded on the temporal layering we've always used—those identical melodic phrases phasing in and out, making you lose your grip on linear time. But here, it’s woven into a richer tapestry. We spent a lot of time capturing field recordings from places that just *felt* charged—abandoned subway platforms where the past echoes, quiet libraries holding centuries of unspoken stories, and even those strange electromagnetic signals that hint at something beyond our usual perception.

Our modified Moog synthesizers, connected to those environmental energy detectors, became less of an instrument and more of a conduit. What you hear is often a direct translation of the shifting world around us. That means no two listens, even of a recorded track, are ever truly identical; there are these subtle, almost unnoticeable phase variations built into the compositions. It’s part of our belief that perception itself is fluid, and music can be the key to glimpsing that.

Take "Meridian Shift," for instance. That track became a kind of centerpiece, capturing that disorienting, exhilarating moment when temporal boundaries just dissolve. It’s designed to pull you into that fluid nature of time, where everything you thought was fixed starts to breathe and shift. It truly felt like a breakthrough, trying to capture that universal longing for connection across eras, ancient and futuristic all at once.

This isn’t just an album of Experimental Ambient music; it’s an exploration. It’s about how mythology endures, how it transforms, and how we, as listeners, might be more connected to these deep currents of time and story than we realize. It's meant to be calming in its depth, haunting in its implications, and deeply connective in its spirit. We hope it resonates, not just as sound, but as an expedition into unmapped chronological territory.

Floating between sleep and consciousness, we craft instrumental textures that melt into your subconscious. Soft synths breathe slowly while field recordings whisper forgotten memories. Close your eyes and let go.