1 Satori 29:08
2 Forgetting to Remember 13:13
3 In the Stillness 13:13
4 Light of Nature 10.25
Once in while we are hit by such a significant realization that our perception of the world is changed for good. Such a powerful flash of insight, or satori, as the buddhist tradition terms it, can provide us with a deepened understanding into ourselves and the nature of existence. For a moment we are awakened to our deeper truths. And as we return to our daily life we may feel fuller, more complete and more one with the world around us.
Personal and spiritual growth seems to be in essence a process of remembering of things that we already knew. The insight temporary lifts the veil and broadens our awareness to the more hidden aspects of our consciousness. These moments of remembering shape our deepest motivations and ideals as we navigate trough life.
But while the moment of insight may have been powerful, there also seems to be something constantly challenging in the character of the life experience. Maya lurks on every corner of existence. And even after we may have tasted to ecstatic bliss of infinite awareness, she still remains a damn good trickster. This battling, this crossing of threshold after threshold, this ever returning process of remembering and forgetting is the concept which inspired me during the process of recording the album.
Mendel Kaelen
Remembering What Was Forgotten is the debut album from sound artist Mendel Kaelen. Mendel´s work is inspired by a deep love for the natural world and by various disciplines related to understanding consciousness. The release has become an adventurous blend between experiments with fieldrecordings, acoustic elements and electronic modulations. The hypnotic drones and the organic sound textures, in combination with the fragile melodies of the violin and the piano, give the album overall a strong cinematic and at sometimes even a ceremonial ambience. It plays with extremes: sketching contrasts between meditative moments of tranquility and quietness, and intense peaks of emotional rapture. It surely reminds the listener of an awe, a recognition of something precious, almost something religious. Something essentially beautiful and true we seem to have forgotten? This young artist sure is must to check out and keep an eye on for all lovers of experimental music, ambient, drone and sound art.
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