Barometric Sun

With “The Barometric Sun,” Deepspace’s Mirko Ruckels invites his listeners on an epic journey from the beginning of our solar system, on to the farthest corners of the universe, and back again. Throughout our expedition, this intensely visual album leads us into the sun’s corona via sparkling digital chimes, through the swirling galaxies of panning synths, and over a futuristic city composed only of glass.
Our unprecedented voyage begins on “Hymn 1" in the foundation of a warm, undulating bass tone that compliments the digital atmospherics perfectly. On this track, we can almost feel the solar wind gushing past and the absence of gravity exerting its gentle control on us, lifting our feet from the ground. As soon as we encounter the unreal sounds of a choir on “The First Glimpse of the Silent Revolving World,” our disbelief has been permanently suspended, and there is no going back until our expedition of the “The Barometric Sun” is complete.
Every third track on “The Barometric Sun” functions as a necessary interlude. “Silent Revolving World,” “Sungliders,” and “Exit Procedure” are like the dark but peaceful spaces between complex galaxies populated by stars; in an aesthetic sense, they are the connective tissue of this album that work to make it larger than life. These three compositions provide a delicate balance against the blinding sunburst of “Hymn 1" and the emotional intensity of “Crysanthenum Ocean.” Given the immense subtlety of “The Barometric Sun,” the calming ambience of its interludes allows the rest of the album to inhabit brighter shades of color. They cause us to feel haunted by the first dissonance found in “Endless Glass Metropolis,” and to fully realize the expressive search for greater meaning that is “The Faint Hum of Big Forever.”
The production quality of this album is nothing short of immaculate. Every sound is pristine, crisp, and marked by a lingering beauty. Because of its breathtaking timbres and endlessly reverberating drones, the traveler of “The Barometric Sun” never feels threatened by his or her surroundings. We drift past the wondrous sites of our universe enveloped by a sense of comfort and grace, never wishing to return home, but knowing that even after we do, the experience of “The Barometric Sun” will have instilled in us the serenity of perpetual weightlessness.