The Arbitrary Dimension Of Dreams

Description

The Arbitrary Dimension of Dreams is the debut album by Cate Kennan, originally from Los Angeles, following her contributions to the compilations Succession Sounds, Vol. I (2019, Post Present Medium) and Clay Bodies (2021, Objects & Sounds). It is an oblique exploration of memory, night, and storytelling. The 12 compositions are vivid, evocative, and persistent. Kennan's sound palette is vast yet harmonious, skillfully blending spectral synths with hazy steel guitars and watery analog effects. Existing in the sparsely populated world of old melodic electronic music, her songs evoke the soundscapes of Malcolm Cecil, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Deux Filles. Each individual track sculpts a setting, building an amorphous landscape of surreal musical vignettes. The album maintains the tension between dream, fiction, and reality through Kennan's investment in the contradictions of these states. In The Arbitrary Dimension of Dreams, Kennan expresses this tension by combining the grand gestures of film music with intensely personal details: abrupt endings, subharmonic rumblings, and ghostly fragments. Kennan's sense of timing, consistency, and boldness make every detail of this narrative striking, poignant, and expressive. For fans of Malcolm Cecil, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Deux Filles, Sean McCann, Claire Rousay.