A Dream

A Dream
Information
Artist	Hantasi
Release Type	Album
Label	Insurance Company; Shatterfoil Industries
Formats	Bandcamp Album (Paid Download); Cassette
Release Date	December 24, 2016; June 5, 2020 (Cassette, Private); June 17, 2023 (Public)
Tracks	3
Length	1:20:00
Styles	Ambient
Tags	experimental; ambient; dream; vaporwave; California (Hantasi); ambient; dream; vapor; United States (Insurance Company)
Status	Online
Hantasi
Previous Release	G R U N G E
Next Release	ECHO LTD'S MISSING WAVE

A Dream is an album by Hantasi. Instead of typical mallsoft, this release consists of longform ambient pieces with titles relating to tragic events. It was later reissued on Shatterfoil Industries in June 2020 through private distributions and as a bonus for Give Up™. The album was later published on cassette publicly in June 2023.

Tracklist

#	Tape	Track	Length
1	A1	ENGINEERING STUDENT DIED TAKING SELFIE (MV)	20:00
2	A2	BIGGEST WAVE 100FT KILLS MAN ON CAMERA (MV)	20:00
3	B	BUNGEE JUMP BREAKS WOMAN LANDS ON ROCKS (MV)	40:00

Notes

In the version of the album hosted by Insurance Company, all of the track titles are in title case.

Description

Hantasi

80min ambient monolith

Insurance Company

The Insurance Company®

Shatterfoil Industries

A Dream is an oddity within Hantasi's catalogue, an artist whose music has been primarily defined by its leftfield nature. Self-described as an "ambient wall", it manages to live up to that name through a combination of sounds employed by both longform ambient and drone, along with aggressively sharp mixing techniques. This combination, which seems as if it is bound to fail from the outside, creates a truly unique and haunting work in A Dream.

At times, the sound almost feels mechanical, the extent to which imperfections are drawn from sound creating an effect which feels as if the tones are grinding against each other like gears. It becomes hypnotic through repetition, reducing down the essence of each track into nothingness before proceeding to the next.

As with much of Hantasi's work, there is something elusive and indescribable that creates its appeal. Something enigmatic that belongs onto to it, which may not be replicated any time in the near future. The moving pieces within A Dream provoke something strange, almost ethereal, just as reflected by its visual design.