{"id":4069,"date":"2025-07-29T17:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/slushiis-chrysalis-is-a-dreamlike-leap-into-his-alternate-universe\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:05:38","slug":"slushiis-chrysalis-is-a-dreamlike-leap-into-his-alternate-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/slushiis-chrysalis-is-a-dreamlike-leap-into-his-alternate-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Slushii\u2019s \u201cChrysalis\u201d Is a Dreamlike Leap Into His Alternate Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/07\/image1-3-e1753729639872.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>The genre-blurring artist opens a new chapter with an album that\u2019s as visual as it is sonic<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slushii\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Julian Scanlan<\/strong><\/a>, the genre-defiant producer best known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@slushiimusic\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Slushii<\/strong><\/a>, has always toyed with duality: hard drops vs. soft melodies, extroversion vs. vulnerability, the digital vs. the deeply human. But <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/34bePmLx3cClGvrxHEAhSq?go=1&amp;sp_cid=37ac5f3ecb995ec5b470d06a3fbff73d&amp;utm_source=embed_player_p&amp;utm_medium=desktop&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=e551307e1f904b02\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Chrysalis<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, his new 18-track album released with his ambient alias <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sapientdream\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>sapientdream<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, cracks that dichotomy wide open\u2014and invites listeners into something far more internal.<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/john-oswald-turns-the-grateful-deads-dark-star-into-a-black-hole\/\">John Oswald Turns the Grateful Dead\u2019s \u2018Dark Star\u2019 into a Black Hole<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/ben-nichols-leans-into-poetry-and-his-arkansas-past-on-new-solo-record\/\">Ben Nichols Leans Into Poetry and His Arkansas Past On New Solo Record<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/07\/talking-heads-reissue-campaign-offers-more-versions-of-more-songs-about-buildings-and-food\/\">Talking Heads Reissue Campaign Offers More Versions of \u2018More Songs About Buildings and Food\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Released July 11 via his new label <strong>SONICdream<\/strong>, <em>Chrysalis<\/em> marks a turning point for the Los Angeles-based artist. Best known for viral EDM singles and collaborations with Marshmello and Jauz, Scanlan now presents a body of work steeped in atmosphere, memory, and longing. The record isn\u2019t so much a departure as it is a reframing. It\u2019s EDM, not for the club, but for the comedown. Or the cosmos.<\/p>\n<p>What separates <em>Chrysalis<\/em> from his earlier releases is not only the shift in sound but also the ambition. Each track correlates with <em>Sapient Dream<\/em>, an original sci-fi webcomic launching on <strong>WEBTOON<\/strong>. The webcomic and album unfold in tandem, each illuminating the other, forming what Scanlan has called a \u201cmulti-sensory experience.\u201d If it sounds indulgent, it is. But it\u2019s also surprisingly effective.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting how far Slushii has come since his breakout in 2016. Then, he was the hyperactive newcomer with rainbow hair and festival-ready bangers. Now, he\u2019s a producer crafting emotionally fraught, slow-building ballads under a moniker that most of his mainstream fans still don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>For those willing to step into the dreamspace with him, <em>Chrysalis<\/em> is a beautiful, aching, and often transportive listen. For anyone who\u2019s ever used music as a way to escape\u2014into memory, into imagination, or into outer space\u2014this album might just be your launchpad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/34bePmLx3cClGvrxHEAhSq?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SPIN Magazine newsroom and editorial staff were not involved in the creation of this content<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The genre-blurring artist opens a new chapter with an album that\u2019s as visual as it is sonic Julian Scanlan, the genre-defiant producer best known as Slushii, has always toyed with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spin-recommends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}