Hiro Kone – Mist to petrifact

“Mist to petrifact“ from Hiro Kone’s forthcoming album “Silvercoat the throng,“ out September 24. Video by artist Natalia Podgorska. Preorder here: “Mist to petrifact“ Video created by: Natalia Podgorska Written and produced by: Nicky Mao Mixed by: Randall Dunn Mastered by: Heba Kadry Cut by: Josh Bonati Silvercoat the throng: New York electronic experimentalist Nicky Mao’s 4th full-length, Silvercoat the throng, emerged against the backdrop of lockdown, compelled by an intuitive directive: “resist the urge to fill the space.” Compositionally this translated as a simmering, shadowy energy, veiled but variable, traced in a composite of strings, synthetics, rhythm, and voice. The title alludes to a poetic notion of “possibility, rescued from darkness,” which aptly evokes the shape-shifting, devotional feel of these ambitious and elegant sound designs, crafted in defiance of