Owl Island

Hunter P. Thompson leaves his acid/ambient house project Akasha System 

continue to rest and will release his 2nd album as Tegu in 2024.

“Forest Hills” brought sunshine to my personal start to the year.

I would have been only too happy to accompany the tour for the album (together with Wave Temples and others).

But travel expenses and time were disproportionate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT9f_EAB_WU

So now “Owl Island” and with colleagues I admire like Wave Temples and X.Y.R. Hunter P.Thompson brings the smile back to my face, and the lack of sun and temperatures just above 0 degrees suddenly don't matter anymore.

The tracks move between meditative sequences and expectant moments, always permeated by a slightly mystical, mysterious aura. The combination of organic and electronic elements creates a unique atmosphere that is both calming and captivating.

„The second outing by Hunter Thompson’s tribalist dub alias Tegu skews more spectral and simmering, a canopy of cascading keys, hand percussion, and swells of everglades bass: Owl Island. Recorded in early 2024 on the banks of a Floridian canal, the album’s 11 tracks roll in like shifting fog over an ancient marsh, swaying with low end and loops of humid synths.

Across 53 minutes, the music moves between séance and visitation, alternately transient and expectant, bathed in a sheen of starlight and streetlights. Fellow voyagers Wave Temples and X.Y.R. join for a pair of smoky, cosmic cameos, but otherwise this is a solitary affair – locked in, looking up, mapping new constellations in the expanding void.“

• Not Not Fun -

„Tegu, the tribalist dub alias of Hunter Thompson, has released his second album, Owl Island, under the label Not Not Fun. The album, recorded in early 2024 along the banks of a Floridian canal, contains 11 tracks with a total duration of 53 minutes. The music on the album is characterized by layered keyboard patterns, rhythmic hand percussion, and deep bass tones that create an atmosphere reminiscent of the Everglades. The sound is described as both spectral and environmental, evoking a sense of immersion in a natural, yet otherworldly setting.

The album includes contributions from Wave Temples and X.Y.R., who appear on the tracks “2×12” and “2×11,” respectively. Despite these collaborations, the album largely remains a solo endeavor, exploring themes of solitude and introspection. The music transitions between various moods, from séance-like environments to more tense and anticipatory moments, all enveloped in a mix of natural and artificial light.

• retrofuturista -