***The follow up to LEILA ABDUL-RAUF's (VASTUM, CARDINAL WYRM, HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE) 2015 highly acclaimed debut Insomnia, Diminution sees the Bay Area based, multi-instrumentalist take a more stripped-down approach to her uniquely haunting and shadowy soundscapes. While retaining a firm grasp on the feeling of urban loneliness and early morning solitude, Diminution’s tracks are generally longer than previous works and feel more spacious and open, where sparse melodies and gentle textural flow meet ethereal choral vocals, distant trumpet, delicate guitar, and luminous, yet melancholy drones and warm tonal drift. Another spellbinding work from Leila for those seeking solace in quiet and introspective music residing just on edge of consciousness. Edition of 150 copies on black vinyl. Co-release with Cloister Recordings. CD on Malignant.
LP $17.75
07/13/2018
***Cold and Cloud is the self-produced solo debut of LEILA ABDUL-RAUF. A temporary escape from the worlds of her current and former projects (VASTUM, HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE, SAROS, AMBER ASYLUM, and more recently, IONOPHORE), Abdul-Rauf enters a world all of her own weaving brass and piano passages into filmic soundscapes inspired by the cold, dreary summers of San Francisco. Cold and Cloud tells an introspective story of loss from the haunting lyrical sections of tracks like "Tears in White Fluids" and "Questions" to the solemn drones of "Will I Be Sane?" and the funereal finality of "Separation." This vinyl edition also features distinctive artwork by TOR LUNDVALL, visually embodying the ghostly ethereal sounds that lie within.
LP $23.15
01/28/2014