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He established the adventurous 99Chants label in 2018, and has since used it as an output for his most progressive notions, collaborating most recently with jazz-noise vocalist Cansu Tanrikulu and Carnatic singer Sushma Soma on last year's acclaimed 'Imaginary Landscapes' compilation. \u003ci\u003eVis\u003c\/i\u003e then is a chance for August to reconcile his personal narrative, levelling it with concepts that touch on history, transformation and metaphysics.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wrote the album's 13 pieces to play like a linear storyline, tracking the development of culture from its illusory beginnings in Plato's cave into the wider world and observing its progression and adaptation. August represents these themes with levitational orchestral drones, choirs and bells that slowly bend to long-forgotten ancestral rhythms, inevitably colliding with the digitised chaos of the information age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotion guides everything, whether it's shadows on a wall projected by dancing flames, or dramatic, overlayed rhythms that vibrate the air and excite the feet. \u003ci\u003eVis\u003c\/i\u003e is a dynamic attempt to show the movement of time on a macro scale, looking backwards in order to move forwards. It charts mankind's journey from its cosmic beginnings through the awe-inspiring world of flora and fauna, grounding the experience in rhythmic expression and dance before we are returned to the stars in transcended form. 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