Loula Yorke
Loula Yorke es una compositora, improvisadora, artista sonora inglesa e intérprete en vivo que trabaja principalmente con un sintetizador modular, desplegando tanto bellas piezas ambient como abstractas líneas sintetizadas que expuso en su álbum “Volta”, publicado el 23 de enero de 2024 por Truxalis Records, motivo por el que fue entrevistada en Loop (revisa el link: https://loop.cl/loulayorke/).
Luego de “Volta” se publica el 13 de enero 2025 en Truxalis Records, “The Book of Commonplace”, una mezcla grabada en casete que viene a representar un diario sonoro. Y ahora, este 6 de agosto, también por Truxalis Records, se lanza “Time is a Succession of Such Shapes” que contiene 16 canciones que danzan alrededor de la Kosmische Musik con una variada propuesta, en la que Yorke hace un gran trabajo con las líneas melódicas como se escucha en “Beautiful Things in Humble Places”, así también con las texturas aéreas de “Kenning I”; los pulsos rítmicos de “Barely Aware of the Cup in My Hands”, «Kenning II” y Kenning III”; además de los guiños al dub en “Let a Sound Complete Its Life II”.
Asimismo, asoman piezas complejas como “Spork” y “An Ironic Yet Devastating Demand”, o bien arpegios que parecen espejos centelleantes en la canción homónima del álbum y “Success in Circuit Lies I”, entre otras canciones. Las notas aéreas por doquier en este álbum se expanden en varias canciones como “Sorry I Threw Away All Your Nails” que me evoca a artistas de Expanding Records como Vessel (Gavin Toomey ) y Benge (Ben Edwards).
La música de Loula Yorke es un “un flujo continuo de sonido” como comenta en la entrevista, en tanto, “Time is a Succession of Such Shapes” sugiere un armónico caleidoscopio diverso y cambiante.
Loula Yorke is an English composer, improviser, sound artist, and live performer who works primarily with a modular synthesizer, creating both beautiful ambient pieces and abstract synthesized lines, which she showcased on her album ‘Volta’, released on January 23, 2024, by Truxalis Records, which led to her being interviewed on Loop (check the link: https://loop.cl/loulayorke/).
Following ‘Volta,’ Truxalis Records released ‘The Book of Commonplace’ on January 13, 2025, a mix recorded on cassette that represents a sound diary. And now, on August 6, also on Truxalis Records, ‘Time is a Succession of Such Shapes’ is released, containing 16 songs that dance around Kosmische Musik with a varied approach, in which Yorke does a great job with the melodic lines, as heard in ‘Beautiful Things in Humble Places,’ as well as the airy textures of “Kenning I”; the rhythmic pulses of ‘Barely Aware of the Cup in My Hands,’ “Kenning II,” and ‘Kenning III’; and the nods to dub on ‘Let a Sound Complete Its Life II.’
There are also complex pieces such as ‘Spork’ and ‘An Ironic Yet Devastating Demand,’ as well as arpeggios that resemble sparkling mirrors in the album’s title track and ‘Success in Circuit Lies I,‘ among other songs. The airy notes throughout this album expand in several songs such as ‘Sorry I Threw Away All Your Nails,‘ which reminds me of Expanding Records artists such as Vessel (Gavin Toomey) and Benge (Ben Edwards).
Loula Yorke’s music is a “continuous flow of sound,” as she comments in the interview, while ‘Time is a Succession of Such Shapes’ suggests a diverse and changing harmonic kaleidoscope.
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