*200 copies limited edition* Sleep does not so much arrive as unfold across Mirror at Night, and Eric Angelo Bessel lets his compositions drift and flicker, suspended between waking and reverie. Drawing on his background as both visual artist and musician, Bessel—American-German, Portland-based—shapes these nocturnes through layered synths, ephemeral field recordings, and slow-burning, textural washes. The record eschews linear development, opting instead for atmospheres that gather and disperse with the hush and tension of thoughts just before sleep. Neither purely ambient nor strictly melodic, the album balances on the point where comfort and unease mingle, inviting intimate listening yet keeping something unresolved at its core. Mirror at Night lingers: an unfamiliar yet familiar room, wide open to projection, luminous with suggestion.
