Experimental composer and sound artist Nathaniel Adam Curtis presents Breathing Apparatus, a textured ambient work that blends field recordings with evolving electronic elements. Built around the imagined experience of a diver succumbing to nitrogen narcosis, the track explores themes of disorientation, confinement, and the limits of breath.
Subtle Tension in Shifting Soundscapes
The piece opens with aquatic textures—bubbling watery recordings and filtered synth tones—that set a submerged, slow-moving atmosphere. As the track progresses, layers build subtly, introducing unsettling electronic pulses and tonal shifts that hint at an escalating internal struggle. Ambient in form but marked by a sense of unease, the sound design balances stillness with gradual destabilisation.
