Clouwbeck – From Which The River Rises
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When one wanders far enough, to where one loses all trace of one’s destination, as well as from whence one came, one realizes immediately that where you find yourself is where you’re supposed to be. When Richard Skelton is moved to create, where inspiration strikes, the listener finds themselves alone at the behest of one’s thoughts, feelings, and whims, and once subjected to the music of Skelton, the listener realizes where one is, is where they’ve always longed to be, is the place they’ve been searching for, the place they find themselves standing and cannot move from. It’s as if time, sputtering along, slows to a crawl. Rain droplets burst into their puddles. The shadows of the trees move gracefully in accordance with shifting clouds. Skelton is able to transfer his epiphanic realizations in nature into sound, allowing the listener to soak in every ounce of transcendental beauty emanating through their speakers, and with “From Which The River Rises”, my, there is so much to behold.
There is no other artist whose music is so in tune with its natural surroundings as Richard Skelton. Each respective release, under each individual guise, represents the unshakable bond with nature, and an examination of the small miracles that occur within it. As Skelton soaks in the wind rushing through trees, examines translucent water revealing natural wonders, all the while, developing a deeply personal relationship with naturally occurring phenomena, our lives, as listeners, will be monumentally changed after hearing each new release.
As Clouwbeck, Skelton presents us with his third entry, which seems reserved for his longer form, more drawn-out works that offer sweeping strings intermixed with exacting lacunas, always taking the listener’s breath and mind away. For “From Which The River Runs”, two tracks split the roughly 33-minute running time evenly, drawing the listener deep into a wearied world trying to hold sway and remain in its grasp over nature. Beginning with “Come The Aegir”, the Norse sea-god makes its presence felt with overwhelming strings piled over, on top and around one another, rushing in like the balanced undulations of a river, heaving itself into the ears of the listener who must bear the heavy weight and sheer force the effect of the piece has over him/her.
On “The Water’s Burden”, the waves are more pronounced and interspersed with timely lacunas. Here, Skelton creates a work that truly stands among his very best. With shifts, the contemplative roar of strings, an amalgamation of tones and sounds at play with one another as one congealed mass, at once ambling and wandering through the piece, the track reveals its nuances deliberately and unfolds with relative ease.
As with any Richard Skelton release, our dedicated community of listeners bonds together, with mouths salivating, eager to pick up the next installment in his ever-expanding oeuvre. As one of the guiding lights in the modern classical genre, Skelton again triumphs. – Review by Michael Vitrano for Fluid Radio
You can order your copy by emailing: richieskelton@yahoo.co.uk
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