Stories of plane crashes, a monument honouring a missing boy, and legends such the mysterious door within Llyn Cwm Llwch lake- said to open to an invisible island - all helped shape the making of the record. Using a darker more ominous sonic palette, and pushing the sound of the Moog synthesizer to the fore, The Beacons captures the feel of mountains silhouetted against dramatic skies, craggy summits and the overall grandeur of the landscape and its rich folklore. While his previous two albums were inspired by the pastoral landscapes of Herefordshire, 'The Beacons,’ embarks on a journey westward into Wales, inviting listeners into the rugged terrain of the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains. Since 2019’s ‘Inner Roads and Outer Paths’ his music has found a new audience having been used as the soundtrack to the game ‘I am Dead’ by British interactive studio Hollow Ponds. Vic Mars – The Obelisk, advance track from the next Clay Pipe Music release The BeaconsĬlay Pipe Music is thrilled to announce “The Beacons,” the enigmatic producer Vic Mars’ third LP for the label. There is an awareness of the natural world and our place within it, the part it plays in our lives, and how our lives are simply part of something greater than ourselves. There is a dual sense of nostalgia and hope for the future, a feeling of rediscovery replacing loss. The instrumentation and techniques are once again diversified, the styles multiplied yet all remains indisputably the music of RYMDEN. However, as one might expect from the trio of Bugge Wesseltoft, Magnus Öström and Dan Berglund, the music is not strictly earthbound - the inner cosmos, dreams and visions offer new spaces to explore, alongside bucolic rambles and treks. Revisiting this album and just noticed that “Terciopelo” (track 4) sounds remarkably like A Certain Ratio it could pass for an outtake from Sextet Sextet by A Certain RatioĪfter their previous excursions into the outer cosmos - the highly acclaimed studio albums “Reflections and Odysseys”, “Space Sailors” and the powerful live album “RYMDEN+KORK” - RYMDEN have returned to Earth with their new album, “Valleys and Mountains”. Kyle Knapp: lap steel on “Terciopelo” and “Untitled live at Gigors” Luca Retraite: bass on “Terciopelo” and guitar on “Alarm Twist” Théo Delaunay: drums, percussion, synthesizer, tapesįlorent Mazzocchetti: trumpet on “Carton Jazz” and “Alarm Twist” (sampled) Mazzocchetti (Maoupa Mazzocchetti).Īll tracks are composed and performed by Parasite Jazz: French non-jazz trio overflowed by Simple Music Experience’s funders Tamara Goukassova, Théo Delaunay & Alexandre Larcier, offering a 40mn of non-simple music madness, and navigating between a dozen of etiquettes from undecided space rock to motorik-infused-dub, medieval folk, cartoon trance everything under the seal of psychedelia and half-improvisation. Built from drums, violin, springs, samples, reiterations, overdubs, trumpets, synths, distortions and the appearances of L.
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