Erik Wøllo: "Mosaic of Time III - Hidden Path"

Erik Wøllo: "Mosaic of Time III - Hidden Path"
from the album “Threshold Point” (Projekt Records, PRO351)
Released May 18th 2018
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Norwegian sound-artist Erik Wøllo’s 23rd album delivers a collection of carefully crafted compositions: introspective, yet melodic electronic music. It’s pensive and reflective upon passing and transition; several sequencer-driven pieces contrast with surrounding dreamlike ambient soundscapes. Wøllo’s mood is reflective and expressively intense, capturing an authentic moment in time.
Threshold is defined as: a magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested.
Wøllo says, “For me, THRESHOLD POINT is about a musical idea of an actual transformation: to cross a threshold, going from one form to another… into a change. Unfolding over time, gradually bridging and leading into new states or places. In my music, patterns and evolution is a basic element, always retaining an emotional connection with the melodies and the textures.”
These ideas are reflected in the beautiful cover image created by artist Rodrigo Adolfo: approaching new spaces that are symbolically represented by a bridge with gateways, leading into a shimmering distant light.
Wøllo offers a calm, otherworldly and self-contained sound on THRESHOLD POINT. This release possesses a quieter nature then his previous DIFFERENT SPACES album, it’s somewhat more reserved and withdrawn.
“Some of these pieces were written in 2016 under special and tragic circumstances. I was staying in Brooklyn for some weeks, while my sister grew more ill and died. I recorded in a tiny room at her neighbor’s apartment on Henry Street. I sense these circumstances influenced the music, making it more ethereal and humble than some of my other works. Where DIFFERENT SPACES was a bit of a memorial to her, these pieces were composed earlier during the midst of the crisis.”
A reflection on changing states, passing a threshold, evolving into something new, this is a musical expression where the melody and the accompaniment merge to create an equilibrium of sound, as if watching something stopped in a camera frame.
“Andrei Tarkovsky once said film is a mosaic of time,” Wøllo reflects. “I found that to be a very inspiring metaphor for creating this album. Music also operates with this concept, developing a duration in the literal sense. It is the fixing of reality, the fixing and conservation of time.
With THRESHOLD POINT, Erik Wøllo has conjured a remarkably visceral electronic album. It’s a dynamic collection of earthy, hypnotic, and pulsating soundtextures; the work of a passionate artist at the forefront of the electronic music genre. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music composed, performed and produced by Erik Wøllo at Wintergarden Studio, Norway, 2017-2018 Erik Wøllo: Electric Guitars, Guitar Synthesizers, Keyboards, Percussion and Programming
Front cover Photo by Rodrigo Adolfo Graphic Design and Layout by Michael Rodriguez Pletz
www.projekt.com
www.wollo.com
Other youtube videos from this album:
• Erik Wøllo: "Threshold...
• Erik Wøllo: "Eon" (fro...
• Erik Wøllo: "Ravel Pea...
© Erik Wøllo: BMI (USA/Canada) and TONO (rest of the world)

[@Marillion1978]

Excellent ambient electronic that makes you feel many emotions.. dreamy , enchanting Music.

[@MrW1derful]

Hi Erik, your album Airborne is a Masterpiece....the Drift and Airborne 1, they blowed me away...every time.

[@lynnkinsey7653]

This is such fantastic music. And such Hella beautiful cool video!

[@ahsansaeed3511]

takes you back in time , the time that you can never change, but you can play it over and over again with the music in the background. no one can take that away from you.

[@andrew4982]

Eric Wollo's music becomes more profound with each album... And this particular piece, and video, is such in tone with what is happening outside right now...