Synth Single Review: “I Lost My Mind’’ by Spadwave

by Karl Magi

Spadwave’s “I Lost My Mind” is full of thoughtful, quiet sensations as it unfolds. The track opens as softly floating notes move in gentle, elegant motion. Chimes flicker with lissome luminosity as the pounding underlayer adds shape to the sparkling arpeggios. The elevated notes carry a haunting and touching melody, drifting like aching emotion above the richly undulating underpinnings.

The rhythm is solid while the shiny synth carries a dreaming melody, transporting me into a world of melancholy contemplation. The drums drop away as the glistening notes flow out above the softly throbbing foundational pulse, slipping past with oceanic motion that I find deeply touching.

The levitating quality of the music lofts me like a warm current and carries me through the deep waters of the track. The main melody slides out again with its caressing tendrils, washing softly like seaweed in the tide, before the soothing motion of the low end guides the music to a close.