Tracklist
1. Visualisation of Forever 05:46
2. Surface of an Untouched Moon 06:58
3. Gravitational Correction 07:12
4. Approaching Celestial Body 06:16
5. Haunting Silence 05:29
6. Re-Entry Point 06:09
7. Sunrise On A New World 06:06
UK-based Inhmost (aka Simon Huxtable) makes his Past Inside the Present début with Future Research Journal Entries (Part I), a document of cosmic proportions that offers a journey through weightlessness or, according to the artist, “a time capsule from a forgotten generation of space travelers”. Many of Huxtable’s works, including the collaboration with ASC, The Moons of Saturn (2021), have touched on similar otherworldly themes, but Future Research offers a particular richness of vision that brings the outer realms of the universe within reach.
Opener, “Visualization of Forever”, emerges with a low drone that crests and recedes, the abundant calm punctuated by soft-attack synths, as if resting on the launch pad as the air locks are secured and systems stabilized. “Surface of an Untouched Moon” is truly a sea of tranquility, as a comforting hum occupies the low-mid range and a static whirr graces the backdrop. Gradually, discrete notes appear like constellations from behind a nearby planet, echoing the album’s evocative cover art, where a towering, technicolor nebula rises from the horizon line of a rocky, uninhabited landscape bathed in shadow.