Patterns & Mood-swings. Circa winter 2002 in New Delhi, Envision began writing an album inspired by aspirations and run away experimentation. Recorded over the next five months inside a small apartment, with a plethora of instruments, worn out gadgets, drums, violin, guitars, synthesizers and very minimal recording equipment, the sound that evolved over time, was rather "out-there" - radically different for the time and place. The band struck a bond with Samrat B (Audio Pervert) to work with as a producer and sound designer. Envision's native talent colluding with the electronic musings of a producer, both of whom were open to possibilities. A fair amount of hedonistic elements can be found be within the lyrics - about drugs, about love, about fear, about unknown places and strange dreams. The sound of the album is not a genre. Drawing aesthetics from music old and new and lyrically dark and distinct. Mid-2004, the album was released independently on CD and cassette - it faired low, with little notice, meeting whimsy reactions. The band gradually dissipated by 2006. Yet Patterns and Mood-swings percolated over time. The album found a deep resonance with many forthcoming indie bands and producers. Often cited as a combination, a sound which is dark and beautiful at the same time. Best reflective of a time and place, it's given depravity and possibility. New Delhi, around when and where new patterns and unexpected mood-swings forged temporal poetry...

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