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In case it isn't obvious, and if you started with this entry it isn't
(yet), I like unusual music. I enjoy performers who take risks, who
try something that hasn't been tried. Of course, I like it better
when they succeed. But I like to believe I appreciate the attempt; a
noble failure is worth far more than another "me too" performance.
In those terms, this album is a noble effort. Ms. Thurlow and her
collaborators combine instruments that have probably never been heard
together before, from the traditional shofar, a ram's horn not
generally heard outside a Yom Kippur service, to a Tibetan Singing
Bowl, to a theremin, mainstay of trashy science fiction soundtracks.
The result is hardly what one would call melodic.
But neither is it
the cacophony that description brings to mind. I am hangs
together and creates a mood and a sense of place and purpose. It feels
like a soundtrack to a fantasy film. But not a low budget shlocky
film. No, this music deserves a grand tale of an ancient time. It
demands expansive visuals and real production values.
I'd love to see the movie that merits these sounds behind it.
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