Vanisher, Horizon Scraper - An Odyssey into Avant-Garde (Land/Sound)scapes

Quadeca’s third studio album, Vanisher, Horizon Scraper, is the third visual album released by the American musician. He combines the audible and visual here, drawing upon a myriad of experimental techniques found within both mediums. Through the lens of early landscape-driven/aquatic avant-garde cinema, Homer’s The Odyssey (+ its 1989 film adaptation, Nostos: The Return by Franco Piavoli), and Quadeca’s overall artistic style, I analyze the film and album, explaining why I love the project. Its categorization as a visual album is one of the many reasons why I believe these films are vital to cinema. Featuring the incredible Danny Brown and Manchester band Maruja, the album is ambitious to its core, piercing you with its humanistic touch. Support my work on Patreon:   / cinematothemax   Works Cited: Elsaesser, Thomas. "Dada/Cinema." October 105 (2003): 103–132. Gunning, Tom. "The Cinema of Attractions: Early Film, Its Spectator and the Avant-Garde." Wide Angle 8, no. 3-4 (1986): 63-70. Weinberg, Herman G. A Manhattan Odyssey: A Memoir. New York: Anthology Film Archives, 1982. Music used: Kevin MacLeod - Almost in F - Tranquility