Solastalgia

by Rafael Anton Irisarri

Solastalgia cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 June 2019
  • Label: Room40
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:40
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The acclaimed American ambient composer processes the ecological grief and trauma of losing his entire studio archives during a relocation. The album utilizes dense, tectonic waves of distorted synthesizer drone and tape loops to create an overwhelmingly heavy, mournful atmosphere. It serves as a cinematic, deeply emotional reflection on environmental and personal loss.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, repetitive, instrumental, ambient, electronic, long-form, minimal, droning, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Decay Waves (7:22)
  2. Coastal Trapped Disturbance (5:51)
  3. Chrysalism (6:09)
  4. Visible Through The Shroud (6:50)
  5. Kiss All The Pretty Skies Goodbye (5:56)
  6. Black Pitch (6:24)
  7. Solastalgia - Suite One (38:04)

Credits

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