{"product_id":"zsela_4-dreams_2026_lba","title":"4 Dreams","description":"Zsela, an atypical R\u0026amp;B artist, collaborates with Daniel Aged (inc. no world) and film music composer Taul Katz on \"4 Dreams,\" a soaring ambient-neoclassical wave that will delight fans of Mary Lattimore, Malibu, Nala Sinephro, and Gigi Masin. If you only know Zsela from her debut album, \"Big For You,\" released in 2024, the track \"4 Dreams,\" primarily devoid of rhythms and imbued with introspection, may surprise you. But by exploring her discography a little more, everything becomes clear: remember \"Angels Pharmacy\" and \"Remembrance\" (from the album \"Karma \u0026amp; Desire\" by Actress?)? Zsela provided the vocals there. \"4 Dreams\" was initially the soundtrack for \"Seven Heavenly Senses,\" an art exhibition presented last year at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris, but has since gained its own notoriety. Zsela's breaths stretch and sculpt into warm, enveloping soundscapes on the opening track, a dream, tested by arpeggiated and metallic FM synths and heavy bass drones. So far, nothing very original. But Zsela blurs the lines with her assured interpretation, layering her voice over jazzy and R\u0026amp;B tonal shifts that keep you on edge. Imagine an astral response to Dawn Richard's ambient pop, and you'll get an idea of the direction the track takes. Then \"Dream 2\" takes an unexpected turn: the vocals are replaced by swirling harp flourishes and soaring synth pads that draw their essence from classical ambient - Harold Budd, Laraaji, and others - adding touches of color where needed. And on \"Dream 3,\" tenuous, almost folk strings make their appearance, like a call from beyond the horizon, almost muffled by a synth part under the influence of the legendary \"Clouds\" by Gigi Masin - the track that Bjork ultimately reinterpreted on \"It's In Our Hands.\" Zsela, Katz, and Aged maintain this dynamic for the final track, allowing cinematic strings to resonate around subtle synths and evanescent rhythms, reaching those hypnagogic and tranquil notes that so much contemporary ambient music seems to avoid. For at its core, \"4 Dreams\" is deeper than that, a record rooted in jazz, soul, and classical minimalism, far from superficial and anesthetizing contemporary music.","brand":"Zsela","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57574236651864,"sku":null,"price":23547378.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/zsela_4-dreams_2026_lba","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}