Synth Single Review: “Ascension” by Aisle 9

Review by Karl Magi

Aisle 9’s “Ascension” paints images of effortless flight and aeronautic freedom. The track starts as a distantly vibrating synth wanders through a static crackle. Rushing, spinning sound is joined by a synth that dances with hollow dynamism above the gargantuan underlayer as keys glimmer with ethereal grace, skimming past like elegant silver airships in flight.

The bass rhythm pushes on as the saxophone captures chilled-out emotion, like a craft hovering above the horizon of the futuristic city below. The rhythmic heartbeat is colossal as the effulgent piano tones levitate with weightless precision above the explosive beat.

Cloudy sounds blow above a watery rush as the guitar takes hold of the melody, the artist effortlessly conveying arcing flight and a smooth passage above the bounds of the earth. Echoing tones are joined by the leaping saxophone as it paints pictures of free flight across a landscape of sky and misty veils of cloud.