A 5″ CDr is also possible on the 3″ oriented IDR. And “Sea Sleeper” by Fog Baptism is a 5″. But who is Fog Baptism? ‘Fog Baptism is Sylvia Joyce out of Sacramento, California. She approaches the project as a diary, splashing each release with different moods and soundscapes, reflecting her headspace as the days slouch. Her works span different genres, such as black metal, electronic, industrial, noise, ambient, and doom metal. When she isn’t writing, Sylvia enjoys reading and staying at home with her wife and two cats.’ That’s all on the Bandcamp page, and it’s a welcome source of information because all I could find is one sampler and one collab on Discogs.
In five tracks covering 40 minutes, you have been on a trip from the shiniest of lights into the deepest oceanic depths. From “Sunlight” to “Trench”. Sylvia shows you the beauty of the light because you need light to see things. And what you may see might even be The Old Ones living at the bottom of the trench where light can’t reach. The creepiness of this setting fits the music. There are factions of drones and ambience, but Sylvia uses a lot of resonance in her composition. Because of that resonance, it’s sometimes difficult to hear or follow the depths of the story in the composition. Resonance – especially the bassy, dark one – is challenging to master. But having said that, Sylvia is going in the right direction.
As said, in five tracks, a lovely story is told with enough space for each listener to interpret it. My thoughts went towards Lovecraft, but someone else might have interpreted it as a WW1 battlefield with sunlight reflected over the useless medals of soldiers lying dead in trenches. It may have something to do with the movie you’ve watched the night before. But sonic stories like this will fit many minds and many moods.
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