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  On 𝑺𝒚𝒓𝒆𝒏, Gafael’s extensive field recording archive of the waters of northern Wales are iteratively processed into hazy, extended chords. The tactility of crashing waves, trickling streams, and coursing rivers is the foundation of the album, functioning as a hermetic reflection of the physicality of littoral ecology and its emotional resonances, centered on the push/pull of danger and seduction. While the album’s title 𝑺𝒚𝒓𝒆𝒏 alludes to Homeric mythology, it is firmly rooted in Gafael’s wanderings through the austere beauty of Welsh coastline rather than addressing any Hellenic texts directly. Similarly, while the album’s sound gestures towards ‘ambient dub techno’, its sonic atmosphere is decidedly field recording.