• Label: DRAGON'S EYE RECORDINGS
• Cat No: HAG001
• 16/05/2009  

A release in conjunction with the Henry art gallery in Seattle, +Room-Room finds friends and musical collaborators Yann Novak and Jamie Drouin teaming up once again. Based on two sound installations at the gallery, the work here manages to reflect the idea of 2 virtually identical rooms, each with their own unique ambience. Created using recordings of the spaces themselves, what's immediately apparent is the skillful manipulation of tone and texture by both artists. Novak's contribution is centered around a mid to high end sound, processed into a drifting and ethereal ambient piece. Slowly but surely, the sound evolves until it resembles a choir of bells - subtle bells, admittedly - chiming through your mind. It's a remarkably happy sounding piece I think and works on a number of levels. Drouin's piece, by contrast, is a darker, considerably more moody piece that's no less beautiful for it. A low-end combination of icy chords with hiss, static and rumbling quality that conveys a sense of solitude and distance. As an almost complete opposite of the first track it works like a dream and goes to show that space and form are open to a wide amount of interpretation. Compelling, engaging and deeply satisfying, this is another awesome work from these guys. Wonderful.