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Clara

by loscil

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JackG
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JackG Some of Loscil's best work. Here he uses expansive orchestral samples to great effect, but it still has that inscrutable attention to detail that he's deservedly known for.

Loscil's music humbly hides the complexity of its composition, within its subtle detail, beckoning the listener to lean into the speaker and become immersed. Despite that, it is not disruptive in the background. Favorite track: Vespera.
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dreaminez This album captures my mind and soul so powerfully I'm left numb, speechless, tears welling in my eyes. It's as if the ghosts of my grandparents just appeared before me to say "I love you" one last time. I adore every second of this album but the title track at the end took me to a whole different level. Clara is an absolute masterpiece of art. Favorite track: Clara.
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roro38 Un bel album de plus entre ombres et lumières ! Favorite track: Vespera.
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1.
Lux 05:40
2.
Lumina 06:12
3.
Lucida 05:44
4.
Stella 10:08
5.
Vespera 06:01
6.
Sol 05:04
7.
Aura 08:32
8.
Flamma 06:04
9.
Orta 07:18
10.
Clara 09:11

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The latest collection by Cascadian resident loscil aka Scott Morgan is a stunning meditation on light, shade, and decay, sourced from a single three-minute composition performed by a 22-piece string orchestra in Budapest. The subsequent recording was lathe-cut on to a 7-inch, then “scratched and abused to add texture and color,” from which the entirety of Clara was sampled, shape-shifted, and sculpted. Despite their limited palette, the compositions summon a sense of the infinite, swelling and swimming through luminous depths. Certain tracks percolate over narcoleptic metronomes while others slowdive in shimmering shadowplay, sounding at times like some noir music of the spheres.

Although Morgan's compositional premise for Clara was quite defined, the resultant work is wonderfully opaque and spatial, equal parts lush and lurking, traced in fine-grained gradients and radiant silences. The album's title comes from the Latin for ‘bright': a fitting muse for this masterpiece of celestial electric currents and interstitial ether, where “shadows are amplified and bright spots dimmed.”

watch a video for Vespera here: vimeo.com/510813904

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released May 28, 2021

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loscil is Vancouver based artist Scott Morgan

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