The 14 tracks that make up ‘Loor’ form a shadowy symphony that leads the listener through a mystical night-time world. Shapes and sounds move, their forms indistinct, the familiar transitions to the unfamiliar and certainty dissipates amidst the echoes of darkness and half-light. Dimly-lit corners are illuminated by dolorous bell chimes and ethereal light as souls descend and ascend.
The subtle juxtapositions are key to the fascination of ‘Loor’, the underlying tensions and contrasts endlessly evocative, intangible mood changes and textures tease the senses and the emotion, lending the album a dream-like quality. On ‘Ostiaz’, the soft, comforting sound of an acapella folk lullabye is twisted by creeping fear chords and a stuttering beat. Distant voices echo and hover, barely audible, their words largely incomprehensible, but they’re still distinctly there, ghost like and haunting.
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Nothing is exactly as it seems, nothing is static and time melts into a fugue-like nonsequentiality as memories of the past whisper and merge with the imaginary events, people and places only hinted at, illusory and transient. Moments of rare beauty transmogrify into agitation. The transitions are effortless and difficult to pin down, , making this an album worthy of allowing into your headspace.
Kemper Norton Online
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