Sirsit’s vigorous engagement with the flinty surfaces and tangled contours of Colorblind Cycle II results in a musical architectonics of unusual resilience and irrepressible energy. The work moves with strict control along a static horizontal plane, but multiple frequencies are discharged to interact through the vertical laminate, opening up multiplex groups of tonal fluctuations and revving clusters of microbes. All of these interiorities become fairly elaborate, shifting the alignments, and combining and juxtaposing the different energies of the composition such that one is left with a multi-level work of varying contrasts, tensions, and forms of coherence.
A deep tunnel of sound is heard first. In due course, it is invested with and protracted by secretive amplifications and glissando swirls. These slurred curves grow more pronounced and acerbic, and the piece soon takes on an exhilarating and affecting directness. The textures only become more variegated in the later stages. In fact, despite the albums brief life-span (thirty-five minutes) and measured pace, the movements are many and significant. From the rush and rumble of deep space, Sirsit manages an engrossing negotiation between mass and intricacy on Colorblind Cycle II.
Max Schaefer
