ERIKA ANGELL - The Obsession With Her Voice
"'Dress of Stillness' features Angell’s voice in both its natural state and pitch-shifted down an octave to create an eerie second musical line. Meanwhile the layers of synthesizer shimmer and simmer behind her, creating a sense of unease that reminds me of nothing so much as Scott Walker’s later albums." - New Sounds WYNC
"Rich vivacity courses through every one of these 10 tracks (...) Thanks to an adroit mix of synthesisers, electroacoustics and processed samples, there's an unforced drama in play that often borders on the ominous, recalling Jenny Hval (on "German Singer"), a less doomily stifling Swans ("Let Your Hair Down") and with "Good And Bad", another standout, Laurie Anderson produced by Arca." - UNCUT
“The fidgety synthesizer-driven 'Dress Of Stillness' and free-form percussion-laden spoken word piece “One” both surfaced today with visuals, shadowy disposition evocative of Suicide and Patti Smith though with the intent to intensify.” - Letters From A Tapehead
“Erika Angell’s fluttering, hypnotic voice is hidden with further meaning as it seems to just float along on a gently oscillating sea of avant-electronics, always tantalisingly out of reach. Originally composed as a paean to God… it transforms itself into something that is altogether more disquieting and foreboding.” - God Is In The TV Zine
MORE MUSIC BY ERIKA ANGELL
THUS OWLS - Who Would Hold You If The Sky Betrayed Us?
BEATINGS ARE IN THE BODY - Beatings Are In The Body
THE MOTH - Mammoth
JOSEF & ERIKA - Floods