Madridโs long-running one-man experimental project The Kiss That Took A Trip, the visionary work of M.D. Trello, returns with โThe Kiss That Took A Trip,โ a sprawling almost 21-minute epic that pushes his ambientโpost-rockโart-pop universe into a new, unrulier dimension. Trello has spent nearly two decades crafting music that refuses to fit into a single genre box, drawing from Talk Talk, Mogwai, Angelo Badalamenti, and progressive rock while insisting heโs โnot a musician at all.โ Yet this latest release from Horror Vacui shows a composer fully fluent in emotional landscapes, structural tension, and atmospheric storytelling.
Horror Vacui opens in a slow, fog-like ambience, soft enough to feel like the world holding its breath. Soon, trembling percussions shake through the haze, widening the frame as strings writhe and ring out in long, glowing arcs. Cymbals begin to splash and glisten, rustling like a distant storm. Then, a reverbed, echo-laden voice slips in, relaxed, calm, almost ghostly, humming above the landscape rather than cutting through it. Bit by bit, the arrangement warms, as new textures thaw through the mix and turn the air molten.
From there, the song keeps shifting shape. Atmospheric melodies trail like smoke, growing moodier and duskier before dreamier motifs drift in, giving the piece a soft luminescence. Drums burst back in eventually, bustling and striking with purpose, pushing the music forward just when you think it might dissolve. And then, halfway through this winding odyssey, an echoing female voice enters, speaking with an eerie serenity that pulls the whole track into a surreal new space, like a transmission from another room in the same dream.
The journey stays fluid, restless, and immersive until the very last second. By the time the final echoes fade, you realize Trello has built a world, and then let you wander through every corner of it.
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Review by: Naomi Joan