Portal - Falling EP
(Roison)
Portal is an ethereal group who walk a fine line somewhere between distant
soundscapes and warm shoegaze songwriting. They have released a handful of
singles, including a song on the recently released Rocket Racer 7" Box Set, as well as
a full length on Roisin Records.
The Falling EP consists of three remixes. The first, remixed by Portal,
is of "Falling" which is a simple song guided by the angelic voice of Rachel
Hughes. "Sometimes" is remixed by Schengen and starts off as a glacial
dronescape. Heavily reverbed beats burst into the mix and form the wash
into a structure that had been there all along but was subtle enough to
sound abstract. "Tundra" is remixed by Wavewalkers and takes up the second
side of the 7". The song is a thick collage of tones, which doesn't have a
stand out part that demands the focus of the song. It's allowed room to
develop and build, each chord change carrying more momentum than the last,
until it slowly disintegrates.
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