The light was sharp, our eyes were open
Fourteen short pieces inspired by Antonioni's L'Avventura.
Pablo's Eye, 2024
The album was composed, recorded and produced at Soundscube in Brussels in 2023 and mastered by Uwe Teichert; the LP is an edition of 500 on 180 gram vinyl, catalogue STRLP082. Nana Esi made the artwork. Mandi, Laret, Royo, Skinner and Libeert are credited, with guests Noor-e-Sehar Ali on voice and text and Ludwig Lapauw on flute. Texts, titles and poems are by Richard Skinner, except two. The concept draws on Antonioni's film, in which friends search for a missing woman and drift home. In Sheep's Clothing calls it heavily reverbed and somewhat melancholic, emotionally expansive yet guarded; Botanique calls it elusive as a dream. Reviews were listed from Electronic Sound, The Wire and others.
Track listing
- Breezes were polar storms1:20
- Stories are what they are3:21
- Red light returning3:00
- The adventure1:05
- The mirror1:36
- Nadar4:21
- The dog days are long gone4:09
- The girls from Peoria4:09
- The deep dark days of September2:57
- A horn heard through fog3:01
- Locked away2:22
- Leonora Hotel2:40
- Mysterious city3:05
- Sonar Vestapol1:21
Sources
- The light was sharp, our eyes were open, STROOM
- Pablo's Eye, The light was sharp, In Sheep's Clothing