Vaellus 009

“Exploring themes of the human and emotional consequences of life surrounded by data, the piece echoes the concept of social media, advertising, marketing companies and political factions exploiting our data to gain wealth, political advantage and sow division.”

“a ride through part synthetic, part modelled, part imitation, part taught, part human, part hopeful, part reflective and paradoxically affirmative space – an involuntarily fitting finale to an album originally conceived in a world different to the one we live in now.”

“Using influences from further back in their lives, the two Norwegian musicians have looked deep into their own family histories to piece together a dusty and nostalgic epic. Inspired by old silent 8mm film reels, the historical architecture around them and the call of the alluring Norwegian landscape.”

“Like her most affecting work, these songs showcase Lattimore’s gifts as an observer, able to shape her craft around emotional frequencies and scenes. Her power as a musician is rooted in how she sees the world: in vivid detail, profoundly empathic, with deep gratitude for nature and nuance. ”

“an amalgamation of long coastal drives, a high moon beaming through the windshield as a reverberating guitar plucking, structured rhythms of the highway’s rumble strips, a red light, and an indicator signalling left all take place within the tonal monastery of this metal box at 60 mph”

“Her voice acts as a grounding force in the face of longing, loss, and uncertainty. The accompanying layered synth lines unobtrusively support both Lucy and the listener as they search for a space in which they can heal and grow.”

“There’s a strange sense of the old and new in Scurlage, the sentimental and utopia. Dive into Paradinas world, yesterday, today and forever.”

“compelled by an intuitive directive: ‘resist the urge to fill the space.’ Compositionally this translated as a simmering, shadowy energy, veiled but variable, traced in a composite of strings, synthetics, rhythm, and voice.”

“The arrangements unfold like the long tracking shots of an early Antonioni film - time seems to stand still, circling the moment. Impressionistically, one feels transported into the Scottish island landscape with its contrasting lights and harsh elements.”

“That’s the beauty in this, we lose friends, which tills the soil for new friendships and that’s the fruitful thing about it. That’s how I felt when I was making this record, and I said thank you again to all the companions, even if they are not present for me anymore.”

“Recorded during the early phase of global lockdown in 2020. Ghost Box releases never have much to say about everyday reality but these responses to the situation seeped through from the ‘intermission’ in the universe next door.”

“I think I am trying to bank memories, unconsciously, to bookmark them for later. My music room is full of pictures, posters, records, all of which navigate my brain to a certain place or time. I think that's what making music does for me, it creates a timeline to reference your journey. Perhaps it allays my fears of somehow losing myself along the way”

“It has a meditative, garage-inspired strut that chops TYSON's vocals into breathy sounds that surface like condensation on a window pane, with all of that pop-calibre vocal cutting that made Joy Orbison famous from the get-go. Only now the vocals sound more intimate, more of a sigh than a gasp.”

“Fibolae offers up a world that splinters between melancholia and penetrating energy. Combining digital technologies, software and live instrumentation Fibolae is both a rhetoric of mourning and a celebration of music to empower. Warm, organic, sensual, passionate and frequently angry, it’s an album that radiates with possibilities.”

“the collective draw upon the inspiring topography and fabled mythological resonances of the Mount Helicon area, unfurling an expansive, hypnotic suite of abstract electronics. Liberated by an open-ended, improvisational dynamic, the collective move through a mysterious, elemental cycle that mirrors the imposing scale and dramatic atmospheres of the setting.”

“Ultimately everything dissolves into a synthetic domain of acid-like washes, in a cinematic sense of departure.”

“spawned from the difficulties of reality with hopes of giving back through the inspiration to grow from adversity, challenging ourselves with new beginnings. The album is a dedication to this and a testament that change is within us all and can bring, not only possibilities, but also joy.”