Reviewed by Ben Hogwood

What’s the story?

The Quiet Details series welcomes back Brock Van Wey for a second contribution under his highly productive bvdub moniker, the series having swelled from four to 54 in that time.

Van Wey is known within electronic music for his versatility, and over the 75 minutes of this album he lays open the boundaries to include techno and a wide range of influences that suggest influences from across the globe.

What’s the music like?

Once again, bvdub harnesses a special blend of ambient immersion and invention.

The Rain Knows is a very powerful plain on which to set the album, a musical surge growing from small beginnings to a wave of seismic power. The original riff is retained, surrounded by white noise and vocals but still punching out its melody through the middle. It is however a mere prelude for the epic Skies of Seven, a vast panorama where immersive ambience is achieved over an irregular glitchy beat.

The album hovers in this state for much of its duration, with meditative vocals – some of them chopped up or overlayered – resting on a bed of thick textures, semi-riffs and beats that drift in and out of focus and clarity. When everything clicks the music moves forward at walking pace – as with surefooted beats of Time in Space and Three Nights Ago – but elsewhere it takes time to marvel at the scenery encountered along the way. Almost Home Now is one such moment, its music swirling up into the sky.

The big, panoramic settings suit headphone listening, the music an ideal accompaniment to the great outdoors.

Does it all work?

It does – with the usual fluency you would come to expect of a bvdub opus, executed on a grand scale.

Is it recommended?

Yes, to fans of the artist and the quiet details series alike. This is music to take the weight off your cares, but the detail within each layer ensures foreground listening is rewarded, too.

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Published post no.3,041 – Thursday 8 October 2026