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Leya: I Forget Everything review | John Lewis's contemporary album of the month
Harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist Adam Markiewicz strip back their ornamentation and deliver an ambient experience that is both startling and unsettling
Leya are a New York duo comprising harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist Adam Markiewicz, who seem to occupy a space roughly equidistant from ambient music, avant garde composition and drone-based electronica. This strips back such ornamentation and concentrates on Leya’s sinister core elements – multi-tracked violins wreathed in spectral reverb; ghostly vocals; arpeggios played on a harp that sounds like it’s constantly shifting out of tune. The latest LP by Zeena Parkins, Dam Against the Spring Tide (Relative Pitch) sees her playing harp alongside an unorthodox ensemble but the highlight is the ultra-spiky and frankly terrifying first half.
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