Parallel Disalignment

Since Fallen Sun’s debut CD, Beyond the Flat Earth, which appeared on Fourth Dimension Records in 2024, there have been rare live appearances and collaborative releases by this solo endeavour of Malaysian electronic artist, Y’ng-Yin Siew. She has also released a few albums under the name, Reverse Image, which is a comparatively sedate project given to more atmospheric sounds yet no less metamorphic or unsettled because of that.Fallen Sun, as the name itself alludes to, is a rather more intense and explosive affair, however. As with the debut, the sonics are jagged and abrasive as they collide into each other or assume meta-rhythmic forms which flutter violently into torrents of searing lava that are utterly unforgiving as they burn into the very being of the listener. Formed from a pedal noise set-up with the exception of one track which was created with Eurorack, the seven pieces successfully apply new meaning to a genre that’s already gone a long way since the likes of