Leonardo Rosado moves slowly but surely through these ambient landscapes. There are a number of classical structures to be found within these eight pieces. What makes this album so engaging is the vast quantity of sounds involved (such as water, mild knocks) and the voices. A few times the voices are obscured, waiting to be re-configured by our imaginations. Scrambling of the voices takes place in “How in between came to be” where eventually it becomes recognizable language. It also makes an appearance for the tender finale “Out of Pure Kindness” where one can almost make out the breaths for air.
In “The Study of Doubt” you can make out every word. A soft piano comes together with sustained notes to create a comfortable sonic atmosphere. There’s water somewhere around as the female vocal soothingly states her case about language. Her voice sounds normal but the strange environment adds an additional emotional resonance to the piece. It is my favorite piece on the album.
“Mute Words” focuses primarily on mood. There are melodies, some of them quite beautiful in their ability to glisten. What makes the pieces so infinitely enjoyable is a certain hope. No matter how dark a turn the music may take, it always returns to an optimistic, positive view. While it is drone the textural qualities are never completely muffled, allowing for a strange intersection of the treated and untreated. Listen to this while traveling. The music lends itself well to the concept of traveling, of having an ultimate destination.
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