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Placid Angles was Detroit maestro <a href="spotify:artist:0si3qPiSptTnVbdGByVAMd">John Beltran</a>'s outlet for lush ambient/breakbeat techno, not too far removed from his early work under his own name, which returned largely unchanged following a 20-plus-year hiatus.
<a href="spotify:artist:0si3qPiSptTnVbdGByVAMd">Beltran</a> debuted the Placid Angles project in 1997 with the album The Cry on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Peacefrog%22">Peacefrog</a>. The music was characterized by lush pads, warm melodies, crisp breakbeats, and the occasional short, soulful vocal sample. It was well-received, but <a href="spotify:artist:0si3qPiSptTnVbdGByVAMd">Beltran</a>, perhaps feeling it was a one-off side project, did not revisit the moniker for more than 20 years, and focused instead on releasing music under his given name. Placid Angles made a surprise return in 2019 with First Blue Sky on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Magicwire%22">Magicwire</a>. Despite the intervening two decades, the sound and style of the project were largely unchanged, giving aging ravers a huge nostalgia hit. Fans would only have to wait two more years for another dose, as <a href="spotify:artist:0si3qPiSptTnVbdGByVAMd">Beltran</a> issued his third Placid Angles album, Touch the Earth, in 2021. The album was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Figure%22">Figure</a> in an unconventional move for the Berlin label, which had until then focused mostly on tough, functional techno. ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi
<a href="spotify:artist:0si3qPiSptTnVbdGByVAMd">Beltran</a> debuted the Placid Angles project in 1997 with the album The Cry on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Peacefrog%22">Peacefrog</a>. The music was characterized by lush pads, warm melodies, crisp breakbeats, and the occasional short, soulful vocal sample. It was well-received, but <a href="spotify:artist:0si3qPiSptTnVbdGByVAMd">Beltran</a>, perhaps feeling it was a one-off side project, did not revisit the moniker for more than 20 years, and focused instead on releasing music under his given name. Placid Angles made a surprise return in 2019 with First Blue Sky on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Magicwire%22">Magicwire</a>. Despite the intervening two decades, the sound and style of the project were largely unchanged, giving aging ravers a huge nostalgia hit. Fans would only have to wait two more years for another dose, as <a href="spotify:artist:0si3qPiSptTnVbdGByVAMd">Beltran</a> issued his third Placid Angles album, Touch the Earth, in 2021. The album was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Figure%22">Figure</a> in an unconventional move for the Berlin label, which had until then focused mostly on tough, functional techno. ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi
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