The Public’s weekly local music reviews and previews.

Album:  Studies for an Indeterminate Journey by Ulysses  Recommended if you like:  Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley

Released last month on Erie Niagara Records, Studies for an Indeterminate Journey is an electronic music album by the artist Ulysses. The album unfolds as a series of “studies” or synth tone experiments. Highlights include “Study #1,” which introduces the album with an arpeggiated electronic tone rhythm, eventually layered by a second rhythm and a droning synth line, and “Study #5” 15-plus-minute minimal piano piece that eventually transforms into a synth odessey. 

Single:  ”No Fat Diet Pho” by Cove  Recommended if you like:  Madlib, J Dilla, Knxwledge

The latest track from instrumental hip hop producer Cove is titled “No Fat Diet Pho,” and was released on Soundcloud earlier this week. The dreamy hip hop beat glitches in and out of chill, jazzy atmospherics.