Thaniel Ion Lee may be the most restrained composer to grace Watery Starve’s short but impactful run thus far. Ambiguity… is a carefully paced cassette; three pieces per side that blend yet each with unique identities. Lee’s earning real injuries by fracking composition for the gritty, oily fossils only to scoop up the runoff and turn it into usable substances. But think of this as none-the-less precious, as Lynn only cobbled 75 of these together. Too bad, but therein lies the ambiguity of the title. The seedy toil, the labor of love and darkness only to be shared by a select few. That’s what makes this so intimate and coveted. It’s not so much for the collectible nature of the artwork, the packaging, and the music (though all worth the scavenge) but the emotional connection of broken music mended into workable parts. There’s a metaphor worth chasing in here, so scoop up your own handful of sludge and find it.
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