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Thought Leadership
Ace of Swords
Be With Records (BEWITH191LP)
Darkly Inclined Tapes (DINC2)
Release date: Jan 1, 2025, UK
๐๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ฅโ๐จ โ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐๐จโ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐-๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข โ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ, ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐-๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐๐, ๐ก๐ค-๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ช๐.
Built from soft-focus synths, drifting melodies and understated rhythms, the record moves at its own unhurried pace, favouring mood and texture over structure. Thereโs a strong sense of late-night introspection throughout โ music that feels inward-looking, fragile and warm, as if assembled from faded tape loops and half-lit ideas.
Rather than aiming for peaks or club dynamics, โAce of Swordsโ thrives in suspension, letting motifs gently repeat and dissolve. Itโs a deeply immersive listen, suited to solitary moments and slow environments, where subtle shifts become the main event.
A quietly captivating release, it stands as a refined example of modern ambient-adjacent songwriting โ intimate, slightly melancholic, and rich in atmosphere without ever feeling overstated.
A1
XI
A2
XII
A3
XIII
A4
XIV
A5
XV
A6
XVI
A7
XVII
B1
XVIII
B2
XIX
B3
XX







