Artist:
The
Russian Linesman
Title:
Monomyth
III – The Special World
Label:
Loki
Recordings
Released:
27th
March
The
third instalment of six in the Monomyth series. Where each song is
based on a relevant part of a heroes journey and is an artistic
abstraction of the concept of the monomyth – a formula we are all
familiar with in modern day books and films. In the Special World the
idea is it’s the place people draw strength from at their lowest
ebb, the anonymous story tellers provide four stories of longing,
unfulfilled desires and navigating the abyss, reparation of life long
friendships, while saying goodbye to the past.
The
first track ‘Goddess’ begins with indistinct conversations that
lead to melodic sequences and a tale of separation and I would hazard
a guess that it’s by the Poet Ben Norris who featured on the last
instalment. Whereas ‘Approaching the innermost cave’ has a more
industrial intro, the main body of the piece is a lovely piece of
downtempo with fitting vocal fx samples and the story telling arrives
towards the end of the piece.
‘Atonement’
on the other hand weaves tones and sequences with a touched of
delayed fx to the storytelling of the twists and turns of friendship
from nursery through to high school and re-uniting as adults. The
final piece ‘Dissolution’ sounds like a melodic music box played
over an eerie downtempo underbelly to the storyteller.
Reviewed
by Woodzee
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