There’s something captivating about music that doesn’t give you all the answers. It lingers in the periphery, just out of reach inviting you to lean in closer, to listen again, to get a little lost. ‘Wandering Frames’, the latest release from the elusive Italian producer Panoram, is that kind of track.
Released on the imprint Running Back, ‘Wandering Frames’ is a soft plunge into a dreamworld built on slow-motion drums, gentle synth swells, and the occasional glitch in the matrix. A warped saxophone waltzes in, then disappears. Disembodied voices drift like radio signals caught mid-transmission. At one point, a child’s voice echoes faintly, fragile and ghostlike, before it, too, fades into the fog.
Speaking on the track, Panoram revealed; “Wandering Frames was written to act as a frame within which to observe. I wanted to proceed through images. Each element has a shape and a role even if I like not to follow a precise hierarchy. Voice tones are used as a vanishing point to read what we see. The main melody was played on a computer keyboard to make it stammering and not in focus.I wanted all the different colours to be sort of drifting away from each other.”
Based in Rome, he’s spent the last decade creating under-the-radar magic—building a reputation among experimental music heads and IDM devotees without ever really revealing himself. With over a million streams across platforms and shout-outs from the likes of Pitchfork, Mixmag and The Vinyl Factory, his work has reached far and wide, all while he’s stayed comfortably tucked behind the curtain.
He’s shared stages with legends like Kraftwerk and Gold Panda at Sónar Festival, toured extensively as part of Amen Dunes, and performed on Boiler Room as well as NTS.
Panoram’s releases are less about genre and more about feel. One track might lean into ambient dreamscapes; another could flirt with retro-futuristic funk or lo-fi lounge. It’s all wrapped in a playful, slightly surreal atmosphere that feels both meticulously crafted and entirely off-the-cuff.
With ‘Wandering Frames’, he invites listeners into yet another pocket of his vast sonic universe. It doesn’t rush. It doesn’t beg for attention. Instead, it floats, loops, and slowly unravels, like an old film reel left playing in an empty theater.
So, where does ‘Wandering Frames’ take you? That’s up to you. Maybe somewhere nostalgic. Maybe somewhere new. One thing’s for sure, Panoram isn’t leading you by the hand, he’s just opening the door.
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