John Daniel's Forest Management project has always treated stasis as subject matter, and Layover leans fully into transit's particular brand of suspended time — the fluorescent-lit nowhere of airports and waiting rooms rendered in warm, tape-saturated drone. The textures here feel slightly worn at the edges, as if the recordings themselves have been handled too many times, giving even the brighter tones a faded, afternoon quality. It's among his most unhurried work, each piece content to stay where it is without much urgency or resolution.
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