Andrew Wasylyk - Paralell Light

Athens Of The North

£23.40

Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: AOTNLP062
Barcode: 5050580785199
Release Date: 27 Jan 2023
Genre: Ambient

01: A Further Look at Loss (Alternate Mix) - Andrew Wasylyk
02: Last Sunbeans of Childhood (Alternate Mix) - Andrew Wasylyk
03: Fugitive Light Restless Water - Andrew Wasylyk
04: The Violet Hour (Alternate Mix) - Andrew Wasylyk
05: Everywhere Something Sublime (Alternate Mix) - Andrew Wasylyk
06: In Balgay Silhouettes (Alternate Mix) - Andrew Wasylyk
07: Awoke in the Early Days of a Better World (Alternate Mix) - Andrew Wasylyk
08: (Half Light Of) the Cadmium Moon - Andrew Wasylyk
09: Black Bay Dream Minor (Alternate Mix) - Andrew Wasylyk
10: Lost, Aglow - Andrew Wasylyk

With 'Parallel Light', AndrewWasylyk offers an alternative mix album to 2020's spiritual-jazz and neo-classical masterclass in melody, 'Fugitive Light And Themes Of Consolation'. This new LP, his third with Athens Of North Records, is as much a different perspective as a companion piece.

The ten songs still circle 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. Each magnifying the bold, expansive arrangements of FL&TOC with layers are lifted and peeled away.

The soft-focus glow of gently pressed piano keys, the well and wash of strings and brass remain, but the deduction of instrumentation serves to highlight the ornate and offers comfort with this new found space. In the warmth reshaped, a romanticism illuminated.

At the essence of these reframed compositions Wasylyk's blue and gold, mellifluous refrains prevail. It's a seamless, sublime flow from a restless artists and an album quietly reawakened.

“★★★★★ Album Of The Month-”
The Skinny — The Skinny

“★★★★ - Mojo Magazine”
Mojo Magazine — Mojo Magazine

“★★★★★ "cements Wasylyk's reputation as not only an ambitious and brilliant multi-instrumentalist, but as a serious modern artist.”
NARC Magazine — NARC Magazine

“★★★★ "a stunning statement””
Shindig! Magazine — Shindig! Magazine

“Monorail Music Albums of the Year, 2022”
Monorail Music — Monorail Music