Andrew Wasylyk - Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation '2020

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in a trio of records by Andrew Wasylyk which unearth and reshape the landscape
of Eastern Scotland as shimmering and inventive instrumental music.

Where Themes for Buildings and Spaces (2017) toured the architecture and
industry of Dundee, evoking a place caught between decay and regrowth, the
Scottish Album of the Year Award shortlisted The Paralian (2019) explored the
littoral exchanges between sea and shore on the North Sea coastline.! !

Fugitive Light And Themes Of Consolation carries a trace of this arc on a return
upriver, drifting back inland along the River Tays inner estuary: a record of
the low light on winter fields, empty suburban streets at dawn, the deep clear
waters of the quarry excavated to build the city.

Ten songs circling landscapes for meaning, channelling half-heard melodies and
misremembered memories; caught somewhere between settling down and setting out
towards the shining levels of the estuary and beyond.! ! The record is threaded
with the influences of people, place and musical lineages – David
Axelrod, John Barry, Virginia Astley, Mark Hollis, Alice Coltrane – yet
as with all of Andrews solo work it has a deft, clear voice all of its own.
Recorded between Summer 2019 and January 2020, Fugitive Light…

displays his talent as a multi-instrumentalist and composer: all hushed drum
grooves, rolling waves of plucked acoustic guitar, cascading upright piano, Bob
James-inspired Fender Rhodes, rippling clàrsach harp, and ECM-worthy electric
guitar motifs. As on The Paralian, string arrangements are by fellow Tayside
musician Pete Harvey, known for his work with King Creosote, Modern Studies and
The National Theatre of Scotland.! !

Tracklisting:
01. Andrew Wasylyk - A Further Look at Loss (4:00)
02. Andrew Wasylyk - Last Sunbeams of Childhood (4:31)
03. Andrew Wasylyk - Fugitive Light Restless Water (3:34)
04. Andrew Wasylyk - The Violet Hour (4:23)
05. Andrew Wasylyk - Everywhere Something Sublime (2:06)
06. Andrew Wasylyk - In Balgay Silhouettes (3:44)
07. Andrew Wasylyk - Awoke in the Early Days of a Better World (4:55)
08. Andrew Wasylyk - (Half-light Of) The Cadmium Moon (4:57)
09. Andrew Wasylyk - Black Bay Dream Minor (4:18)
10. Andrew Wasylyk - Lost, Aglow (2:05)

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