Rrill Bell ////// aka The Preterite - Ballad Of The External Life
A day will eventually arrive when the matrix of the mind can be shared with fluid ease. Currently, abstract painting, sculpture, art and sound are the appreciated mediums for the inner workings of thoughts to be conveyed. Ballad Of The External Life is Rrill Bell's sonic matrix. Inspired by Hugo von Hofmannsthal poem with the same title, Rrill Bell fuses a superabundance of cognitive details in an arrangement of sublime exquisiteness. With a plethora of sonic elements and the all of the harmonic adjustments made, Ballad Of The External Life stays completely focused. The listening experience becomes the clear perception of energy and love.
So many facets, a kaleidoscope turning in mesmerizing patience. There are two sides to Ballad Of The External Life, but this plays as one long thought. Intensity radiating like sunlight on a cloudy day. The baking heat softened by a lazy cumulus cloud then accentuated by a refreshing faint breeze. This oscillation showcases an understanding of cycles in nature, aural counterparts evolved in relation to each other. The movement from terrestrial to stellar is also in pleasant continual flux. From birds to galactic beacons, chirps and electronic attenuation blur into the conscious as a single entity. The droning substrate pacifies and provides foundation for the constitute of Rrill Bell's matrix of infinite features. Interestingly Ballad Of The External Life traverses the thin edge of aural dark and light. This could be the result of the intense amalgamation of creativity. A pinnacle in sonic technical astuteness, leaving the field balanced for joyful or somber inflection. The bandcamp description goes into more details concerning the mechanics of how Ballad Of The External Life was constructed. Without reading this pretext and on the fresh listening side, these sounds are easily discerned as a fabric of simple complexity. A myriad of sonic stitches utilizing years of learned technique. The result is unique and individualized and still completely comfortable to surround yourself with.
Released on Elevator Bath in an edition of two hundred. All vinyl pressings are on clear vinyl housed in beautifully designed jackets. Mastered by the experienced James Plotkin, Ballad Of The External Life has received the high standard of treatment all Elevator Bath releases shimmer with. Copies are currently available from the label's bandcamp page and in Germany from the artist (information on bandcamp description). Another push into new sonic ground by all involved.
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