Gravity & Grace - Ekca Liena - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Though the Ekca Liena discography has grown through various EP's, other albums and archival issues, the central sonic narrative that runs through its heart is arguably the most dramatic and involved. Starting with the dreamy soundscapes of 'Slow Music for Rapid Eye Movement' and continuing with the shadowy, lonely environments of 'Graduals', the next chapter is ready for the world and it's entitled 'Gravity and Grace'.

The thick atmosphere of 'Gravity and Grace' is spiked with shades of geology and mechanics, with a layering of non musical sound underpinning the typically emotive and enrapturing core. Its expression is based on this juxtaposition, a beguiling friction between abstract sounds and largely melancholic compositions.

The album dives deeper into the realms of doom and noise, where heavy guitar drones are the centre piece. However, it's neatly balanced with calm and even tender moments of yearning -- like we came to expect from Ekca Liena's previous releases. The final track sums up the album perfectly, and revisits the journey between darkness and light, noise and melody.

Daniel W. J. Mackenzie, the artist behind Ekca Liena, delved into numerous production techniques to produce 'Gravity and Grace'. Though sounding like industrial machinery, many of the clanking loops and drones are prepped guitars, processed field recordings and found object recordings, all pieced and puzzled together in his Brighton based studio.

Whilst the album could barely be conceived as even an abstract rock album, there is a much clearer presence of guitar and bass, which serves as a continuation of the departure from the synth sounds of 'Slow Music for Rapid Eye Movement' that was initiated with 'Graduals'. There's nonetheless a fluid continuity to Ekca Liena's central (aural) story.

Tracklist

1. Burst Into Stone
2. Glockenspiel For Juno
3. Juno For A.M.
4. Cortege Emerge
5. Orate All Ice
6. Cortege Depart
7. Onset Eve
8. Gravity and Grace

Label: Consouling Sounds | Origin: Holland