Workbench - Seeking Stasis 6-10

Workbench is the solo alter ego of Mike Bernstein, who is also 1/4 of Double Leopards and singer/guitarist for psych rock band Religious Knives. "Seeking Stasis 6-10" is a five-cassette box set on Bernstein's own Heavy Tapes, each side containing a synth figure that seems as if it began long before the artist hit "record" and will continue forever after the tape runs out. Most sides are (as the title clearly spells out) nearly motionless texture or a repeating pattern, though tape 4 gets a little wiggly. There's no emotion or drama (like fellow synth fiend Hive Mind) or virtuosic playing (like Thomas Lehn) but neither is the music too precious and austere (like Utah Kawasaki). The sounds are so rich, warm, and intriguing by themselves that they don't need to do much more than exist; variety would only get in the way. My suggestion would be to play each side on repeat and take an analog bubblebath for awhile.

tape 1
tape 2 
tape 3
tape 4
tape 5