Stream nine ‘Imaginary Landscapes’ from Chicago innovator Hieroglyphic Being

Jamal Moss, aka Hieroglyphic Being, tends to be defined in relation to the Chicago house music scene that shaped him.

But, for the cosmically-minded Moss, that’s only ever been part of the story. The prolific producer has turned his hand to a broad spectrum of sounds and idioms over his lengthy career, from arch synth experiments through to (relatively) more staid dancefloor fare.

You can listen to a selection of tracks, which lean firmly towards the former, below [via Dummy]. These ‘Imaginary Landscapes’ run the gamut from airy ambient (‘No 4’) and awkward pointillism (‘No 9’) to pulsing synth workouts (‘No 10) and scorched psych (‘No 6’), painting a picture of an artist governed by a restless taste for the strange and new.

The tracks are due for release through Music From Mathematics, a sub-label of Moss’ Mathematics imprint, soon. Like all of the releases on the sub-label, these sketches are presumably taken from Moss’ “Somuchnoise2beheard Soundbook”, a collection of over 1000 compositions made between 1996 and 2010, gathered and pressed in limited CDr runs. You can stream Imaginary Landscapes one to ten – with the intriguing omission of number seven – below.