ECKER KOENRAAD - CD SLEEPWALKERS IN A COLD..

Popis - SLEEPWALKERS IN A COLD..:
On 'Sleepwalkers In A Cold Circus' Belgian sound artist Koenraad Ecker creates a biotope of musical characters that is sober, delicate, complex and vivid, with a restrained intensity, a "cold fire". The characters discuss, hesitate, fight, pull closer, push back. Through the use of microtonality and recordings of acoustic instruments it is the elusive sound of a somnambulistic travelogue. There's a somewhat austere quality to this work; in contrast to the dark drama of his critically acclaimed first LP 'Ill Fares The Land' (Digitalis, 2014), very few tension curves are allowed to follow their logical conclusion - they're left just out of reach, intangible. 'Sleepwalkers In A Cold Circus' seems to hang suspended in the air in a grey mist, moving sideways instead of forward, hesitating whether to let the listener through the door or not. Shadowy electro-acoustic dimensions for those who appreciate the darkness of Mika Vainio, Valerio Tricoli, or Main.