Postcards From Hereafter
Fascinating early/sacred music experiments from Belgian ensemble Razen, who use meantone tuning, pipe organ and vintage instrumentation to explore "pre-industrial, spectral and ethnic dreamtones ... trance and medieval mysticism".
There's no shortage of artists looking to Europe's Medieval musical traditions for inspiration right now. Razen uses a dizzying array of era-specific instrumentation: a 17th century organ, a hurdy gurdy, various recorders, the chalumeau, ondes-Marthenot, sarangi, violone and nyckelharpa. As you might be able to imagine the music is particularly en vogue, using the organ's tuning (398 Hz, natch) to inform and limit the arrangements that emerged around its sacred drones. Thankfully, this isn't merely an exercise - while the organ is a surprisingly subtle character here, the ensemble's additional instrumentation is arranged and performed beautifully.
Razen talk about accenting the drone potential of their chosen sounds, but the stand-out moments are when the music does far more than this, crossing early music with more modern, experimental ideas. The humble recorder stands out furthest, particularly on tracks like 'A Postcard from Oliver' and 'A Postcard From Carl', where its sublime softness contrasts perfectly with the organ's shrill wails. One for fans of Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro and Laila Sakini.
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Fascinating early/sacred music experiments from Belgian ensemble Razen, who use meantone tuning, pipe organ and vintage instrumentation to explore "pre-industrial, spectral and ethnic dreamtones ... trance and medieval mysticism".
There's no shortage of artists looking to Europe's Medieval musical traditions for inspiration right now. Razen uses a dizzying array of era-specific instrumentation: a 17th century organ, a hurdy gurdy, various recorders, the chalumeau, ondes-Marthenot, sarangi, violone and nyckelharpa. As you might be able to imagine the music is particularly en vogue, using the organ's tuning (398 Hz, natch) to inform and limit the arrangements that emerged around its sacred drones. Thankfully, this isn't merely an exercise - while the organ is a surprisingly subtle character here, the ensemble's additional instrumentation is arranged and performed beautifully.
Razen talk about accenting the drone potential of their chosen sounds, but the stand-out moments are when the music does far more than this, crossing early music with more modern, experimental ideas. The humble recorder stands out furthest, particularly on tracks like 'A Postcard from Oliver' and 'A Postcard From Carl', where its sublime softness contrasts perfectly with the organ's shrill wails. One for fans of Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro and Laila Sakini.
Fascinating early/sacred music experiments from Belgian ensemble Razen, who use meantone tuning, pipe organ and vintage instrumentation to explore "pre-industrial, spectral and ethnic dreamtones ... trance and medieval mysticism".
There's no shortage of artists looking to Europe's Medieval musical traditions for inspiration right now. Razen uses a dizzying array of era-specific instrumentation: a 17th century organ, a hurdy gurdy, various recorders, the chalumeau, ondes-Marthenot, sarangi, violone and nyckelharpa. As you might be able to imagine the music is particularly en vogue, using the organ's tuning (398 Hz, natch) to inform and limit the arrangements that emerged around its sacred drones. Thankfully, this isn't merely an exercise - while the organ is a surprisingly subtle character here, the ensemble's additional instrumentation is arranged and performed beautifully.
Razen talk about accenting the drone potential of their chosen sounds, but the stand-out moments are when the music does far more than this, crossing early music with more modern, experimental ideas. The humble recorder stands out furthest, particularly on tracks like 'A Postcard from Oliver' and 'A Postcard From Carl', where its sublime softness contrasts perfectly with the organ's shrill wails. One for fans of Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro and Laila Sakini.
Fascinating early/sacred music experiments from Belgian ensemble Razen, who use meantone tuning, pipe organ and vintage instrumentation to explore "pre-industrial, spectral and ethnic dreamtones ... trance and medieval mysticism".
There's no shortage of artists looking to Europe's Medieval musical traditions for inspiration right now. Razen uses a dizzying array of era-specific instrumentation: a 17th century organ, a hurdy gurdy, various recorders, the chalumeau, ondes-Marthenot, sarangi, violone and nyckelharpa. As you might be able to imagine the music is particularly en vogue, using the organ's tuning (398 Hz, natch) to inform and limit the arrangements that emerged around its sacred drones. Thankfully, this isn't merely an exercise - while the organ is a surprisingly subtle character here, the ensemble's additional instrumentation is arranged and performed beautifully.
Razen talk about accenting the drone potential of their chosen sounds, but the stand-out moments are when the music does far more than this, crossing early music with more modern, experimental ideas. The humble recorder stands out furthest, particularly on tracks like 'A Postcard from Oliver' and 'A Postcard From Carl', where its sublime softness contrasts perfectly with the organ's shrill wails. One for fans of Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro and Laila Sakini.
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Fascinating early/sacred music experiments from Belgian ensemble Razen, who use meantone tuning, pipe organ and vintage instrumentation to explore "pre-industrial, spectral and ethnic dreamtones ... trance and medieval mysticism".
There's no shortage of artists looking to Europe's Medieval musical traditions for inspiration right now. Razen uses a dizzying array of era-specific instrumentation: a 17th century organ, a hurdy gurdy, various recorders, the chalumeau, ondes-Marthenot, sarangi, violone and nyckelharpa. As you might be able to imagine the music is particularly en vogue, using the organ's tuning (398 Hz, natch) to inform and limit the arrangements that emerged around its sacred drones. Thankfully, this isn't merely an exercise - while the organ is a surprisingly subtle character here, the ensemble's additional instrumentation is arranged and performed beautifully.
Razen talk about accenting the drone potential of their chosen sounds, but the stand-out moments are when the music does far more than this, crossing early music with more modern, experimental ideas. The humble recorder stands out furthest, particularly on tracks like 'A Postcard from Oliver' and 'A Postcard From Carl', where its sublime softness contrasts perfectly with the organ's shrill wails. One for fans of Kali Malone, Ellen Arkbro and Laila Sakini.