Experimental Electronic Music
Amidst all of this is a crepuscular sepulchritude of electronic abstract noise and instrumental passages where full attention can be given to the impeccable sound design. On the level of structural engineering, it’s another marvelous feat. There are so many subtle details in the electronic portion, while the acoustic elements often recall the languid melodies of ancient folksongs.
Euan grew up in a mostly quiet, non-musical household where records were scarce and music lived mainly in car rides soundtracked by Fleetwood Mac and Whitney Houston—until a childhood Walkman and Lionel Richie cassette sparked a lifelong, deeply personal connection to sound.
MÖRK—which means darkness in Swedish—is a vertiginous and spiritually enthralling dive in deep bass cello tones, minimally improvised guitar sequences, long sweeping electronic sounds, and hypnotic loops.
These expertly detailed sonic Polaroids encapsulate the spirit of time, past and present, as though to ease the listener into a thick fog with tranquil audio-visual textures, tones, and drones.
We need musicians like Suseti and Henrik Meierkord who take making slow introspective music designed for contemplation an art form, and not just something that can be replicated with a few music apps and some help from soulless AI.
Overall, this release is a necessary reminder that we have gotten too far away from the intended, natural, human experience.
