Dialect : Full Serpent
There is a comforting quality that arises in Andrew PM Hunt’s electronic project, Dialect. While no shortage of ambient albums can cultivate an amorphous haze in every corner, Dialect’s approach is inquisitive. His work is often a melting pot of the synthetic and the organic, allowing them to move into their kinetic ebb and flows. Yet across his 2024 record, Atlas of Green, he gives a different feel to his usual melodic makeups. They’re placed upon an overgrowth of forgotten samples, one that ruffles and cuddles up around his twirling compositions, becoming more vivid in doing so.
Those seeds would eventually expand, prompting Dialect to return to the soundscape of Green. Through Full Serpent, an EP containing six new tracks, he continues to play around with samples and explore how they can connect with the melodic pieces they’re surrounded by. He breathes a giddy charm that brings a shimmering delight to these tracks. Take “Earth Angels of the Bone Age,” its vocal samples chopped and pitched out with glee, fitting joyously amidst strings and drum melodies that scamper around.
With the succinct format of the EP, Dialect’s strength as a musician is further uncovered, carving his soundscapes to be as vividly captivating as possible. “Ev’ry Portal East” opens the EP with tonal richness, stacking glistening ambience on top of choppy tribalistic chants. “Full Serpent” goes into a curious path, introducing minimally pristine synths that pave the way for sound fragments to glitch and shudder, overwhelming the song with bliss and disruption before bright keys resolve all of its tension.
“Eusa” closes everything with a flip of the overall feel of this project. Sampled pieces are pitched to an utmost high, a keening presence that is accompanied by composed synths and organic instruments. These layers of tones initially overwhelm until it retracts in the latter section. The wispy tune is now coasting through relaxed strings, before gradually building to that stuffy, yet endearing soundscape.
While a concise set of music, Full Serpent nevertheless offers a level of distinction that carries over the enthralling buoyancy of Dialect’s past album, yet differentiated enough to be its unique self. It carries an immediate vibrance that feels playful with every moment. Like an actual serpent, the EP presents its resplendent beauty through all its twists and turns.
Label: RVNG Intl.
Year: 2026
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