Fantastic new album from Eva Van Deuren aka Orphan Fairytale. Dedicated to her mother who died when she was 14 years old, Ladybird Labyrinth is an evocative, unsettling and haunting memoriam that sinks the gonzoid approach of previous releases in favour of a more elegiac, stately, though still beautifully fucked series of tone hymns. Eva still makes use of toy instruments and primitive loops but there's a weight to the material that makes it feel like her deepest pass to date. The first side starts off with thin, glassy tones forming into detailed helix patterns in a way that evokes the more minimal Mirror sides as well as the sound sculptures of Harry Bertoia. This gradually shifts into a lilting/falling keyboard pattern which in turn parts to reveal the kinda deep forest hand-drum and tonal percussive weave you might associate more with Spencer Clark's work. The closing track, "Glorious High", is particularly mesmeric, gradually resolving itself into one of the most haunting, far-away takes on modern gamelan exotica outside of the whole Skaters cultus. Been playing this one non-stop this week. Classic cover art from Dennis Tyfus too. Highly recommended.
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