From Vital Weekly 673
One Adrienne from Austin, Texas is behind Pavonine and it uses free
sound and ‘actual’ field recordings. To quote from her website: “I
chose the name Pavonine drawing on my interests in alchemy and
antiquated occult texts. Firstly, Pavonine is the descriptive term for
the colors in peacock feathers. In alchemy, the peacock is
representational of the soul. In alchemical thought, the peacock stage
is the one in which alchemists enter into the inner experience of the
astral world, seen as shifting patterns of color. This is considered an
important turning point in the alchemical process as the journey shifts
from external experiences to inner enlightenment and development.” I
must admit that all of that I didn’t hear in the music, which of course
is never a problem. The three long pieces indeed seem to be built from
field recordings and some sort of computer processing. She recommends
headphones and dark rooms for her music, but that’s something that is
hard to realize on a sunnyday
morning and headphones I just never like that much. The music is
quite ‘low’ in volume, although it never seems to be totally quiet.
There is always something happening and you can always hear that.
Although the music is hardly filled with surprises, I quite enjoyed it.
The alchimecal undercurrent might be a bit lost on me, but I thought it
was very well possible to enjoy this without that and just as three
nice pieces of music. (FdW)
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