If you’re like me, childhood was speckled with exploratory dreams of stumbling onto a Narnia-like passage that led to an alternate dimension where anything was possible. While some may grow to treat this as fantasy, there are many–artists, musicians, poets, visionaries, and more–who discover these portals within us and work to translate their dazzling mechanisms into shared reality. This is the beauty of opening one’s eyes to the wonders of the imagination and the boundless world of creation.
On February 14th, EOS opened a portal of his own with Aperta, a four-track EP released by Colony Productions, and invited listeners into a spellbinding soundscape of artful synesthetic neuro bass that will make you wonder not only where you are but why you would ever want to leave.
EOS – Engineer of Sound
EOS is the musical moniker of Danial Mason, a Colorado-based producer revered for meticulous sound design (EOS is an acronym for “Engineer of Sound”) and his oneiric take on downtempo and glitch, among other salient traits.
The past two years have been exceptionally notable for the EOS project. In 2023, the producer performed at events like Tipper and Friends, Sonic Bloom, Infrasound Equinox, and the AFI Silver Theater. That year also saw the release of the textured and mind-bending Fleeting Peripheries LP, as well as Sine Language, a collaboration EP with Mr. Lang and friends, and a number of singles.
In 2024, EOS released Metropolis with Prismatic and an ambient works mix. He also shared the bill with names like DRRTYWULVZ, Sortof Vague, Papadosio, Somatoast, Supersillyus, and Ott, and played events like Summer Sequence. Needless to say, the producer has been active in the studio and out.
Original Artwork by SofiRami
While EOS started this year with a single on Generation I, the debut compilation from new label arrival., Aperta marks one of the first releases on Colony Productions after the recent brain surgery of founder Mike Wallis, and its effect proves a proper affirmation of the “happy days” here and yet to come. This feeling is further conveyed through the tranquil floraquatic album art created by SofiRami and track animations created by Gallotia and Dewpoint that were released in accompaniment with the EP.
Once inside Aperta, you’re not sure whether you are in an interdimensional fairy tale, lost on a foreign planet, a subject in the laboratory of a mad scientist, or a metamorphic combination of all three.
The first track, “Lemiscate,” unveils like a lullaby, a starry twinkling that cradles listeners with the cozy weave of its namesake shape. A seesaw of open tones beneath the pendulum builds a layer of extraterrestrial suspense as the track moves with hypnotic hope to a spacious conclusion.
“Kermit’s Kaleidoscope” opens like an observed ripple over the sunlit surface of a mysterious swamp. Fanfares of bass build like triumphant steps of boots romping in the bog, and halfway through, the patterns deconstruct into a contained chaos of raining glass that gleam with fractals of sound.
“Ephemeris” has deep resonant tones and scaly overlays of quality neuro psybient. While peaceful feelings endure throughout the track, an element of cosmic loneliness still seems to transpire–an astral explorer bounding over a distant rockscape, glimpsing one last teardrop of light from the Pale Blue Dot before disappearing over the curve into unknown shadows of the far side beyond.
Sandwiched in mesmeric cuckoo clocks and rushing rivulets, “Alpenglow” tears right to its point with wonky scritch scrabbles and bellows of ornery bass. This is glitch hop at its most diabolical, a carousel of entangled consciousness unspooled over complex vistas, and a fitting close to the EP.
What’s Next
Listen to Aperta on your favorite streaming service today. If you’re craving the live experience, catch EOS in May at the inaugural Kicksville festival in Maryland, with other dates for 2025 yet to be announced. Also make sure to check out the animations for each track created by Gallotia on the Colony Productions YouTube channel and follow the links below for everything else you need to know.
If you’re like me, childhood was speckled with exploratory dreams of stumbling onto a Narnia-like passage that led to an alternate dimension where anything was possible. While some may grow to treat this as fantasy, there are many–artists, musicians, poets, visionaries, and more–who discover these portals within us and work to translate their dazzling mechanisms into shared reality. This is the beauty of opening one’s eyes to the wonders of the imagination and the boundless world of creation.
On February 14th, EOS opened a portal of his own with Aperta, a four-track EP released by Colony Productions, and invited listeners into a spellbinding soundscape of artful synesthetic neuro bass that will make you wonder not only where you are but why you would ever want to leave.
EOS – Engineer of Sound
EOS is the musical moniker of Danial Mason, a Colorado-based producer revered for meticulous sound design (EOS is an acronym for “Engineer of Sound”) and his oneiric take on downtempo and glitch, among other salient traits.
The past two years have been exceptionally notable for the EOS project. In 2023, the producer performed at events like Tipper and Friends, Sonic Bloom, Infrasound Equinox, and the AFI Silver Theater. That year also saw the release of the textured and mind-bending Fleeting Peripheries LP, as well as Sine Language, a collaboration EP with Mr. Lang and friends, and a number of singles.
In 2024, EOS released Metropolis with Prismatic and an ambient works mix. He also shared the bill with names like DRRTYWULVZ, Sortof Vague, Papadosio, Somatoast, Supersillyus, and Ott, and played events like Summer Sequence. Needless to say, the producer has been active in the studio and out.
While EOS started this year with a single on Generation I, the debut compilation from new label arrival., Aperta marks one of the first releases on Colony Productions after the recent brain surgery of founder Mike Wallis, and its effect proves a proper affirmation of the “happy days” here and yet to come. This feeling is further conveyed through the tranquil floraquatic album art created by SofiRami and track animations created by Gallotia and Dewpoint that were released in accompaniment with the EP.
Aperta – A Look Inside
Once inside Aperta, you’re not sure whether you are in an interdimensional fairy tale, lost on a foreign planet, a subject in the laboratory of a mad scientist, or a metamorphic combination of all three.
The first track, “Lemiscate,” unveils like a lullaby, a starry twinkling that cradles listeners with the cozy weave of its namesake shape. A seesaw of open tones beneath the pendulum builds a layer of extraterrestrial suspense as the track moves with hypnotic hope to a spacious conclusion.
“Kermit’s Kaleidoscope” opens like an observed ripple over the sunlit surface of a mysterious swamp. Fanfares of bass build like triumphant steps of boots romping in the bog, and halfway through, the patterns deconstruct into a contained chaos of raining glass that gleam with fractals of sound.
“Ephemeris” has deep resonant tones and scaly overlays of quality neuro psybient. While peaceful feelings endure throughout the track, an element of cosmic loneliness still seems to transpire–an astral explorer bounding over a distant rockscape, glimpsing one last teardrop of light from the Pale Blue Dot before disappearing over the curve into unknown shadows of the far side beyond.
Sandwiched in mesmeric cuckoo clocks and rushing rivulets, “Alpenglow” tears right to its point with wonky scritch scrabbles and bellows of ornery bass. This is glitch hop at its most diabolical, a carousel of entangled consciousness unspooled over complex vistas, and a fitting close to the EP.
What’s Next
Listen to Aperta on your favorite streaming service today. If you’re craving the live experience, catch EOS in May at the inaugural Kicksville festival in Maryland, with other dates for 2025 yet to be announced. Also make sure to check out the animations for each track created by Gallotia on the Colony Productions YouTube channel and follow the links below for everything else you need to know.
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Follow Colony Productions:
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