Erik Wollo - Blue Radiance (CD)

Release Date: 04/14/15

Innovative, shimmering and sonorous musical pathways.

Ambient Music Guide: “A seductive, melodic blend of processed electric guitar, synths, percussion and occasional acoustic guitars. Blue Radianceis Norwegian composer Erik Wollo’s 19th album and the work of a confident and mature artist. His sonorous and polished sound has ‘a darkness that balances the light, a dark undertow that serves to put his melodies in beautiful bas relief,’ in the words of broadcaster John Diliberto. Stunning cover art, too.”

As a bridge leading to a new uncharted continent, Erik Wøllo’sBlue Radiancetransports the listener along innovative, shimmering and sonorous musical pathways. The ambient/electronic artist continues to develop and refine his masterfully crafted soundworld into an intensely detailed fusion of elegant compositions and deep atmospherics.

Built around catchy and accessible melodies and rhythms, the eleven new compositions feature sophisticated and engaging waves of Wøllo’s trademark processed electric guitar, occasional acoustic guitars, synthesizers and percussion. Striking, varied, and deeply emotional, the tracks open up when the guitar surfaces out of the swirls, revealing soul-stirring themes rich with melancholy and hope. It’s that interplay – the contrast of the lead lines with the washes of sound and minimal piano – which make for an intensely powerful listening experience.

The album titleBlue Radiancesuggests music from the blue and icy tone spectrum: from the darker blue to the almost snowy white. The striking album cover image by Michał Klimczak depicts a bridge headed into another land, a metaphor for the music which carries the listener to the unknown. It’s an album highlighting Wøllo’s extraordinary luminous mastery.

CD in 4-panel digipak.