Ancient Circuits

"Over one-hundred minutes Multicast Dynamics sprawls amid the cosmos on his new Astral Industries drop Ancient Circuits. The four side-long tracks here drift slowly in and out of focus. At times we find ourselves floating amid dreamy stargazing drones, while other points of the record submerge us in murky depths. The overall effect is not dissimilar to Biosphere or Mika Vainio. Ancient Circuits is one to really lose yourself in." - review by Bleep, 2020 "Dutch producer Samuel Van Dijk has operated under numerous aliases over the years, though he's undoubtedly best known for his IDM and electro work as VC-118A. Those with an in-depth knowledge of his work will tell you that there's also some treasure buried within Van Dijk's outings as Multicast Dynamics, a project rooted in the blurred boundaries between ambient, music concrete and sound design. "Ancient Circuits", his latest album under the alias, is also his most expansive to date: a hundred-minute journey in four 25-minute chapters designed to tell a slowly-shifting journey that's at times blissful, otherworldly, dark, foreboding, intoxicating and intense, all crafted from epic studio experiments with synthesizers, samplers, effects units and a vast array of field recordings. Like much of the Astral Industries catalogue, it's superb." - review by Juno, 2020