Magic Places

We sat at the edge of the universe, discussing all things. From the tails of the comets to the brightest stars, we talked about everything in great detail. Would we have been swallowed by the black had we kept walking - been swaddled in giant cosmic arms? I looked around and saw the moon dust falling in your hair, gently showering you in a glitter. You laughed, almost demonically, tilting your head far back, as to digest the moon. Puzzled, I feigned understanding and laughed in unison with you until we were joyfully engulfed in pure darkness.
Magic Places is a mystical beat conjurer - taking you to astral realms through infectious, starry beats and nebullalic synths. There are starts and stops while samples float by as if they were carried by cosmic dust. And just when you think you can’t get any more celestial, the rhythms will drift gently downward - returning you back to earth. - Unholy Rhythms

With track names like "In The Conservatory For The Artifacts Of The Intangible Heritage Of Humanity" and "Timespace Revellie", it's unsurprising that Magic Places' album, The Time-Travelers Pocket Guidebook, is an emporium of lush space disco, dense with soaring synths, airy analogue beats and day-dream atmospheres. "Through The Map Door", one of the more 'human referencing' tracks, piles seductive soul samples on stuttering buzzy synths and a mid-tempo electro grind, coming off both club-friendly and slightly sci-fi. Quality control remains high on the rest of the album, which is definitely worth checking out. - Altered Zones

Magic Places is Savannah-based musicmaker Paul M. Goerner, who seems to have a distinct proclivity for fantasy, sci-fi, and eerie soundscapes. The young producer has a complete album available to stream now via Bandcamp, entitled The Time-Traveler's Pocket Guidebook, which "Through the Map Room Door" is lifted from. Magic Place's tune starts out with a slow groove, a few ghostly synth sounds, and a disembodied female voice calling out from a distance—it's a fairly sparse aural environment until about the halfway point, when things get a bit more driving and dense. In both cases, Goerner displays a strong sense of mood and melody, which are likely to serve the rest of his Guidebook album well when it's released on the first day of 2011. - XLR8R