STAR'S END Update 03.07.21

[Chuck van Zyl]

Erik Wollo occupies a special place in the space-time continuum. Realizing music that shifts between contemplation and intimacy, impulse and wonder, he seems to turn each moment of listening into something more vivid than is possible in any earthly spell of time. His RECURRENCE (64'14") displays an impressive command of the sound-space. In tightly worked performances of rare focus Wollo draws on an apparent in-born mastery. Mingling rich tones, rhapsodic gestures and silken textures with bristling guitar lines and shimmering synth notes he  creates harmonious landscapes - where our mind will find some peace. Wollo's work always extends in a vast world embracing scope, and RECURRENCE moves outward amidst his distinctive design. Its eleven tracks (eight on the CD) fluctuate between restless sonic states and the more refined and elegant frequencies. The darkening then brightening of notes and chords repeat, then resist soft sequencer patterns. An alive atmosphere provides an area through which each piece may move. With generous applications of reverb and echo an airy halo seems to surround each note. Synthesizer voices blur one into the other, forming sonorous colors of striking beauty, as Wollo aims for the high horizons of the spirit. From a crisply articulated and confident control of the musical flow, to the singing sadness of electronic choirs and strings, RECURRENCE offers a wealth of serious, inviting complexity. Spacemusic has no higher aspiration than to rise the listener above their worldly concerns to a place where beauty speaks for itself. Erik Wollo's advanced magic aims to provide this sense of renewal - as it transforms the knower in the living movement of music.

Please tune in to the 03.07.21 broadcast of STAR'S END Ambient Radio for music from RECURRENCE, the recent studio album from Erik Wollo

For more on RECURRENCE, please access: http://www.projekt.com

For more on Erik Wollo, please access: http://www.wollo.com

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Chuck van Zyl
Host of STAR'S END Ambient Radio
http://www.starsend.org