Darren Ryan is an Irish born multimedia artist specializing in electronica, ambient, and dub. According to his bio, Darren’s visual work encompasses experimental, non-narrative video, digital printmaking, and painting. Darren graduated from the Institute of Audio Research NYC ’99 and studied fine art/Spanish at Instituto Allende in Guanajuato MX before settling in the Texas Hill Country in’05 to set up.
He has released a new album called Lexical Variation which is out now via Somewherecold. According to the press release, “Lexical Variation” presents a deep sonic flow through punctuated soundscapes, molten drones, and hovering chunks of industrial ambience. Constantly shifting sound structures evoke an evolving narrative and surreal rhythmic lyricism that coheres the nature of the piece across its full program of just over a hundred minutes.
Listen below.