Artist:
Drumspyder
Title:
Mother Rune
Mother Rune
Released:
8th September
8th September
Oakland
based Scott Sterling A.K.A. Drumspyder returns with a fresh batch of
eastern electronica. The
“Mother Rune” is Hagall, a symbol from the Younger Futhark (a
medieval Norse alphabet). Its elemental six-pointed shape (like the
“Seed of Life” figure of sacred geometry) contains the seed of
all the other rune forms. Literally meaning “hail”, it has the
dual meaning of a crisis and new beginning- a perfectly formed
snowflake that emerges from a whirling storm, a cold grain from the
sky that melts into nourishing water.
The
album commences with the title track a whirling dervish of snake
charmer flutes accompanied by the live darbuka drumming, tamborines
and frame drums
associated with his previous
releases.
The
next track 'Fire Ring Beat' is a trifle more relaxed, with the
occasional wub and melodic vocals added to the palate you can easily
conjure up a desert camp fire aside the bedouin tent.
The
rest of the album as you can imagine follows a similar path with each
track leaning slightly in different directions some passages sounding
very traditional and organic while others employ the dub, the bass ,
the Celtic or the gypsy swing. I can't see fans of the Drumspyder
back catalogue being disappointed with these further journeys into the ancient music of the East that this new album offers.
Reviewed
by Woodzee
Links
https://drumspyder.bandcamp.com/album/the-mother-rune
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