Following on from her hypnotic BlackPlastic.co.uk debut, Stitch, from last year, Berlin artist Snake Orange Cake has just unveiled the new single Vision.
Snake Orange Cake, the musical pseudonym of Julia Carlsson, deals in similarly textural, collage-like soundscapes on here as she did on Stitch. However, where Carlsson previously embraced distortion, on Vision she deals in clipped percussion and minimal melodies that weave together a melancholic soundscape. Droplets of sound evoke the feeling of trickling water as deep pulsing bass forms an anchor for the overall song. The result feels perfectly constructed for the currently slow and frozen January many of us are experiencing.
Vision comes with a video, filmed by Maren Frey in Berlin. Arriving on shortly after 2026’s arrival, Vision invites the listener to stare into a crystal ball and reflect on what’s next.