WASYLYK, Andrew - The Paralian - Vinyl (LP)
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information Andrew WASYLYK The Paralian(LP) Athens Of The North
Cat: AOTNLP 028. Rel: 4 Feb 19
Ambient/Drone
Side 1 - Track 1. Through The Field Beyond The Trees Lies The Ocean Side 1 - Track 2. Greendrive #2 Side 1 - Track 3. Journey To Inchcape Side 1 - Track 4. (Welter) In The Haar Side 1 - Track 5. Dreamt The Breakers Spill Side 2 - Track 1. Flight Of The Cormorant Side 2 - Track 2. Westway Nocturne Side 2 - Track 3. Mariner's Hymn Side 2 - Track 4. Adrift Below A Constellation Side 2 - Track 5. Unsurfacing
Athens of the North takes a surprise turn, briefly eschewing their usual funk, soul and jazz in favour of something far more visceral and musically intriguing. It comes from Scottish writer, producer and instrumentalist Andrew Mitchell under the Andrew Wasylyk alias, and it is the result of a commission from a historic house in Scotland to create new music for their restored, 19th century Erard Grecian harp. While that instrument is an ever present, it rarely dominates; instead, Mitchell has served up a joyously laidback and atmospheric collection of compositions that variously draw on Bob James style jazz-funk, British library music, Eno-style ambient movements, homemade field recordings, drowsy jazz, brass bands, modern classical and Gaelic folk. In a word: spellbinding.
