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On the moody вЂњOranвЂќ with its synth whispers and groovy understated drums, opening the album like a jubilant come-hither SFA establishes that cozy and comforting feeling of being right where you want to be, a pure sonic metaphor for domestic joy.

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Snow Fox Apprentice may have taken notes from Owl CityвЂ™s Adam Young and his ambient/electronic side-project on how to curate and excise diverse subjects, but orchestrating these elements into a thing of beauty is something heвЂ™s worked out on his own. More succinctly, thereвЂ™s clear mastery of how jazz and ambient can beautifully pollinate or mutate into something grotesque, ditto for electro and shoegaze getting hitched or just swapping spit. De Los Angeles obfuscates none of his influences, paying them open homage. Sure thereвЂ™s Haruka Nakamura, Port Blue, and Sigur RГіs in his unique sound.

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De Los Angeles, also half of the ambient project Plus Minus Equals Riot, named his solo persona after his favorite Port Blue song 'Snow Fox on Glacier Coast.' He added Apprentice вЂњbecause I thought it sounded cool at first, but eventually it made me realize that вЂapprenticeвЂ™ is actually me conveying my feelings and sentiments to the world. Which is to say that Harries De Los Angeles, the man behind the pads and knobs and samples that is Snow Fox Apprentice, is such a dark horse. No joke, I have now played the all-instrumental EP вЂњHomeвЂќ a dozen times this week and my ears still havenвЂ™t gotten tired of going through the whole damn six tracks in full. But more than that, this impressive puree of styles that might be a catastrophic jumble of instrumental dub proceedings just plain works under Snow Fox ApprenticeвЂ™s adept hands. A smooth and buttery doozy of a one night stand. If these genres were people and they all let their hair down at a bar, shared a few beers, and later on went back to someoneвЂ™s apartment for some tipsy intercourse, then I highly suspect this is the sweet, sweet impromptu jam theyвЂ™d make. ThereвЂ™s an extremely interesting discourse between ambient, jazz, and electronica going on in the heady music of Cagayan De Oro-based bedroom producer and solo artist Snow Fox Apprentice.