Slow Moon - These Things Take Time (2025)

I want to give each sound the space it deserves to breathe Slow Moon is the solo project of Berlin/London based musician Tomas Kaspar. After many years writing, releasing and performing as part of dancefloor focused duo ASTRYD and alongside Laura Misch on guitar and synth duties, These Things Take Time is his first solo release. The process for this music began through conscious observation of the minute details of the everyday world; light dancing on water, the texture of a rusted sheet of metal, shadows of trees playing along a wall, the reflection from a pane of broken glass, ripples of raindrops in a puddle. In the slowing down, tuning into, and experiencing these details; a new process for exploring sound, presence and the writing music was teased out. Space . Texture . Listening . Detail . Slowness In exploring these ways of looking and, and listening to the world, taking steps back from the density of life I found a delicate and soothing way of relating to and creating sound. These Things Take Time is the result of several years experimenting and exploring writing with these ideas at the core. The album title is a reference to this process (and in part a joke to myself about how long it takes to finish and release music). Listening softens us, and opens us to how much is really going on all the time. Being present to the immense, beautiful and infinite detail of the world around me is what led to this music. These Things Take Time is made up of 8 tracks ranging from delicate ambient synth work, to processed vocals soaring over textural rumbling drum grooves, to soft piano and clarinet explorations. It explores many palettes and energies but the connecting thread of ambient, slowly evolving detail and textural richness underpins this collection of work. The artwork was created in collaboration with London print artist Samsam Petherbridge @bokbindery Slow Moon will perform at Genezarethkirche Schillerkiez, Berlin on 4th Sept.