Pulsing electronic textures and hypnotic rhythms that dissolve into pure color. DYAD on PC is a tube-racing synesthesia game and David Kanaga's soundtrack is less music and more controlled sonic hallucination. "SURF-KS-PUMPKIN" rides a wave of layered synth that builds and shifts as you play.
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"WATER MANTRA" is exactly what it sounds like, repetitive and meditative and weirdly calming. "PEKING DUCK (EYE EDIT)" stands out with its broken-up structure that feels like the track itself is glitching. The four-part Peking Duck suite goes even deeper.
"MAGIC CIRCLE" and "PERPETUATION" blur the line between game audio and ambient composition. Nothing here sounds like normal game music and that is the point. If you want a soundtrack that sounds like what your screen looks like during a fever dream, this is it.