Guess Pre's "Clarity." The name itself feels like a punchline missing its joke, or maybe the setup to a philosophical riddle I'm not equipped to solve. Gregory Stanton, the Wisconsin-based artist behind the moniker, has served up a nine-track album that's… well, it's trying to be a lot of things, and surprisingly, mostly succeeding. https://open.spotify.com/album/2hV27eRxEJp08kML02uRW1 This isn't background music for folding laundry. It's more like the...

Synthaurion pushes back against the cynicism of the modern era on the new atmospheric trance album, "Echoes Of Your Blessing." The independent electronic producer has mapped out a deeply emotional project, using the sprawling architecture of vocal and melodic dance music to explore spiritual resilience. While plenty of contemporary electronic music thrives in shadowy, underground isolation, Synthaurion aggressively chases the light. This is an...