Nstasia New Religion

Air Liquide waver between mystery and wonder with "Nephology", their debut for the seminal Rising High label. The twinkling and eerie harmonics of "The Cloud" help set the mood immediately before the acid comes to sweep the cobwebs away. "Semiwave" gets more spacious, and "Die Reise Im Teekessel" sweeps in on large swaths of sounds, both digital and sampled, as if drifts around. But the stunning "If There Was No Gravity" breaks through the consciousness with its lullaby opening and dreamy atmosphere. "Kymnea" follows with a ethereal swirl, occasionally punctuated with bursts of noise, while the two "Im Erlenmeyerkolben" hang suspended in space…