Synopsis
The clip functions less as a narrative than as an atmospheric visual companion to Cass.'s 5:27 ambient track. It invites the viewer into the same suspended, dreamlike space suggested by the music, favoring gradual motion and mood over characters, dialogue, or a conventional storyline. Its effect is meditative: the images give the looping electric-piano figure, light percussion, and slowly shifting drone a visual setting, turning the track into a quiet audiovisual interlude rather than a plot-driven music video.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Rustling And Pure" appears on Cass.'s debut full-length album, "Loops & Farewell Sketches," released in 2013.
- Cass. is the project of German electronic musician Niklas Rehme-Schluter, who comes from Osnabruck.
- The track runs for approximately 5 minutes and 27 seconds.
- The album's sound was assembled from old, sampled, pitched, modulated, and damaged records, field recordings, layered synthesizer and instrument loops, and small acoustic instruments.
- The original "Loops & Farewell Sketches" CD-R was limited to 100 copies and reportedly sold out within two weeks, leading to a later release through Shhhh Records.
- The album was recorded between September and December 2012. Its cover painting was made by Lea Seppa-Murto around 1979.
- Cass.'s official Bandcamp video page presents "Rustling And Pure" alongside video pieces for "Space Talk," "Murph's Dream," and "Ethan Veerbek."