Category: classical
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sarah davachi – two sisters
Two Sisters doesn’t march to the beat of a procession—Davachi conjures her own, singular atmosphere. Her nameless solemnity, drawn from centuries-old influences, gives rise to a kind of occult fear. The record manages to outlive fashion by incorporating such rich, untouched histories and arranging them below a spacious drone. The organs, for which the composer […]
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OHYUNG – imagine naked!
Brooklyn-based composer OHYUNG follows the ambient tradition of producing broad, lengthy work marked by subtle changes. On ‘to fill the quiet!’ we hear an alloy of crackling ripples sat in between stunning diaphanous structures that move with the patient repetition of a swing. Flow is the 114-minute album’s most important component. It dictates the enormous […]
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SAULT – air
On their sixth record in half as many years, the covert operation that is SAULT add classical transcendence to their broad canon. ‘Air’ withdraws from trenchant societal critiques and calls upon a monumental choir and orchestra to convey their message of unshackled expression. At times here, SAULT traverse human mysteries; elsewhere, they broker communications from […]
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