Andrew Staniland - The Laws Of Nature [Leaf Music]

Scheduled for release via the Canadian Leaf Music label on August 1st, 2k25 is "The Laws Of Nature", the latest full length album outing by composer and experimental music researcher Andrew Staniland. Split into two main sections, opening with a series of six so-called "Dancer Portraits" which are followed by an additional take of six pieces dealing with the main theme: "The Laws Of Nature", the albums first part has been created with the help of the JADE instrument which helped to generate musical building blocks for each piece derived from tactile sensory information and actual brainwaves directly recorded via EEG headbands worn by dancers in motion and offers an ethereal, chiming and timelessly hovering insight into what could be described as slightly New Age-leaning Piano Ambient derivatives, inward looking electro-organic textures, surprisingly complex IDM -infused rhythm signatures paired with what seem to be micro vocal cut-ups, ethereal harmonies and soft, intricately layered pads and even nocturnal, melancholia-infused string sections accompanied by innocent piano melodies paying homage to Modern and Contemporary Classical arrangements as well as panoramic score works. This being said, the second half of the album opens with an astoundingly dancefloor friendly variation of what could be described as ritualistic Ambient Techno in "The Laws Of Nature: Interweave" before drifting into icy Glacial Ambient drones and echoes of classic Synth x Berlin School composition with the subsequent "The Laws Of Nature: The Web" whilst further presenting nervous Clicks'n'Cuts and digital hyperpercussions, nocturnal Deep Listening Music as well as slightly off-kilter string x violin performances backed by nervous rhythms in "The Laws Of Nature: Electricity Grid". Quite a thrilling album concept amalgamating the means of electronic music production and Contemporary x Avantgarde Classical composition of now. Go check!

Album artwork on Instagram!