To purchase the lossless version of this release, please visit our Bandcamp page: https://sylviamonnier.bandcamp.com/album/willing-suspension-of-disbelief

Format: Digital Album
Cat no: MOTDEP004               
Release Date: May 15, 2020

Tracklist:
1. Willing Suspension of Disbelief (Part 1 & 2)

Release info:

Mysteries is pleased to release a new EP from French experimental artist Sylvia Monnier, entitled Willing Suspension of Disbelief. This is a bold, dynamic release composed in two segments that echo one another, thereby casting a sonic and emotional range. These pieces, buzzing with energy, bring to mind artificial, technological environments imposed upon the natural world. The first chapter opens as if in media res with droning intensity, before a hypnotic transmutation begins. Part two takes liberties with range, shifting from a zone of density into a minimalist space, before recreating itself again. On the whole, the world Monnier has created here is a malleable symphonic landscape that at times unfolds towards narrative while simultaneously resisting forced structures. Momentary rhythms dissolve imperceptibly; hard and soft impressions find points of intersection and reconciliation. The results are gorgeous.

Gear used – Moog Grandmother, Korg Monologue, EMS VCS3, Technics SY1010, Yamaha PSS 380, PPG Infinite, iVCS3.

Thanks to Amo Vacaria, Numa Almanza, Sebastien Durand. Dedicated to Mutant Sounds.

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, NY
Photography by Candace Price
Words by Taylor Bratches

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