Occasus, by Goldmund

Occasus

by Goldmund

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newstarlights so, so beautiful. my new favorite after The Malady of Elegance. Favorite track: As You Know.

Allan Serene and oh so uplifting.

Love Migration.

Thank you. Favorite track: Migration.

In.Visible.Generator Absolutely stunning album. Interesting and intelligent. "Sometimes" was awesome but this one is just mindblowing.

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1.	Before 03:24	buy track
2.	Above 02:36	buy track
3.	Bounded 03:10	buy track
4.	Breaking 03:06	buy track
5.	As You Know 03:01	buy track
6.	Circle 02:55	buy track
7.	History 01:32	buy track
8.	Migration 03:37	buy track
9.	Radiant 02:59	buy track
10.	No Story 02:45	buy track
11.	Thread 02:46	buy track
12.	Terrarium 05:29	buy track
13.	Turns 02:36	buy track
14.	Moderate 03:57	buy track
15.	What Lasts 04:41	buy track

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Pennsylvania native Keith Kenniff’s output as Goldmund has established him as one of the preeminent composers of minimal piano-based ambient music alongside peers like Hauschka, Dustin O’Halloran, and even Ryuichi Sakamoto, who himself once described Kenniff’s work as “so, so, so beautiful”. Hyperbolic as it may sound, Goldmund’s newest collection Occasus may be his most exquisite yet. Where his previous recordings trod faithfully and sincerely on paths of dimly lit, polaroid-esque nostalgia, Occasus deepens the undeniable aesthetic that was hard-won over eight previous Goldmund albums, while expanding the palette to include desultory clouds of synthesizer and a tastefully distressed analog sheen.

The word Occasus means downfall, end, or the rising and falling of heavenly bodies. The title is apt in more ways than one: while the emotional tone of the album denotes bittersweet feelings of conclusiveness, it also perfectly soundtracks the quiet moments when we look up to the sky, and humbly relearn the smallness of our lives as cosmic objects churn slowly overhead with bewitching indifference. Occasus feels deeply personal, private, and hushed yet simultaneously grand, colossal, and profound. Remarkably Kenniff is able to capture micro and macro with equal fidelity.

Tangential to prior Goldmund material, there are a few moments of Occasus that feel dark and menacing like “No Story” and “Thread”, both of which broach urgent paranoia, and provide a refreshing counterweight to the idyll typical of the project. Kenniff’s music has always been unquestionably gorgeous, but seeing it set against an occasionally manic backdrop makes the moments of light shine that much brighter. Even when elements of Occasus play by the rules harmonically, they tend to unfold with a satisfying level of rhythmical disregard. "I like mistakes, I like when things don't go perfectly,” says Kenniff of his wabi-sabi ethos, “I do have a tendency to want for things to be perfect and precise, but I have to also realize that a lot of things I like about music and art are very rough and impulsive, the slight imperfections that give something or someone a unique voice."

To that end there are few artistic voices as distinct as Goldmund’s. Using only a few simple ingredients (piano, synthesizer, reverb, and a little more) Kenniff’s sound has become so universal that you'd be forgiven for not knowing who it belongs to. Knock offs be damned, every Goldmund recording is cut from an inimitable fabric woven out of emotional intelligence, honesty, vivid imagination, and skillful restraint. Occasus is another strong chapter in an ever more gratifying catalog.

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released April 13, 2018

Performers:
Keith Kenniff

Mastering:
Taylor Deupree

Cover Image:
Inka & Niclas Lindergård

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