In Eliane Radigue’s music, nothing happens over a long time. As Biogenesis is one of her relatively short pieces, weighing in at just over twenty-one minutes, the nothing happens fairly quickly, especially that throbbing bass at about the halfway point. But not to worry. If you enjoy the spacious quality of Radigue’s other work, you will not miss it here. Biogenesis is a rich, dark, slow-moving piece. If you’re ever tempted to put Radigue on for some nice ambient noise, you should resist. “Nothing” is full of incident and detail. You should know that by now!

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