Electronic/Review Collin Thomas - The Gauze Eyed Gaze Of Bracketed Air

Collin Thomas is an experimental musician and artist. Thomas has been producing music for over 20 years.

The ambitious and moving album "The Gauze Eyed Gaze Of Bracketed Air" by Collin Thomas explores the emotional complications involved in providing care for a person with dementia. The project consists of sixteen pieces, each lasting precisely sixteen minutes, and results in a four-hour long listening marathon. The structure itself is a reflection of the unrelenting and cyclical nature of dementia care; it is a life of monotony, unpredictability, and excruciating exhaustion.

Thomas uses the album's creative design to brilliantly convey the erratic rhythm of this reality. The final compositions, which mirrored the bewildering and sometimes chaotic experiences of dementia patients and their caretakers, were molded by randomness even though many of the pieces were parameter-driven. The melody veers between abrupt, surprising changes and eerie, repeated patterns, conveying the unnerving combination of familiarity and bewilderment that defines the illness.

Listeners are encouraged to lose themselves in a demanding and captivating atmosphere throughout the whole album. Each piece's recurrence emphasizes the demanding routine of providing care and is not only a conscious artistic decision. The music is interspersed with moments of shock and surprise, evoking the abrupt emotional or behavioral shifts that dementia sufferers experience.

More than simply an album, "The Gauze Eyed Gaze Of Bracketed Air" is a profound reflection on the state of humanity, especially as it relates to loving and caring for someone whose mind is progressively dissolving. Collin Thomas has captured the core of an experience that is as heartbreaking as it is terrifying in a work that is both very personal and universally resonant.