Loscil
Endless Falls

The rain often evokes human sensations and suggestions with both rational and illogical imprints. An hour of listening to "Endless Fall" means digging deep to bring out certain emotional stimuli that are frequent during this humid atmospheric phenomenon.

Through a weave of regular, pounding dub bass mixed with brief instrumental exploits of strings and piano and atmospheric noises, Canadian Scott Morgan returns four years after his stylistic masterpiece "Plume" (Kranky Records, 2006) with a new chapter of his solo project, revisiting the element "water" already expressed in 2002 with "Submers" but this time in a less dark and more human guise. Dub and acoustic pulsations blend with ambient atmospheres like droplets touching the ground, but it takes time to penetrate: it is not an immediate and permeable listen. An album to be savored gradually.

Aside from the concluding spoken word - perhaps a bit forced, yet a novelty in the Loscil project - "Endless Falls" confirms the skill of this refined artist heir to Schulze, Eno and co. cementing his credibility among the leading figures in atmospheric music, although his shy character and humility have never helped him to step into the spotlight. Not bad for someone who started his career composing soundtracks for CD-ROMs and DVDs.