Having earlier issued ‘t Geruis material on Lost Tribe Sound, LAAPS, Line, and Quiet Details, it was perhaps inevitable that Daniël Jolan would one day do the same on Home Normal. After all, Ian Hawgood’s imprint is a natural fit for the kind of lo-fi ambient the music producer from Belgium traffics in. It’s not the first time Jolan’s brand of dusty music has entered the world, but The Kindest Encounters finds him bringing the style to an advanced degree of artistry. As the album plays, it’s almost impossible not to draw a parallel between it and the nostalgic feeling that sets in when faded colour photographs are viewed. Much as in that case, one feels in listening to his music as if the world presented is both familiar yet at the same time impossibly out of reach.

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