Lea Bertucci

Prolific collaborator Lawrence English links up with accomplished electro-acoustic virtuoso Lea Bertucci on this new album for American Dreams. Bertucci's primary focus as a player is on alto sax and clarinet, but in the context of this record her playing folds into the quivering, slow-shifting plates of sound.

It's simultaneously steely and synthetic, and yet charged with an ancient, elemental spirit which will keep you on tenterhooks throughout. It's certainly not a one-dimensional kind of ambience but a monolithic, complicated thing that will hold you attention with ease. Don't miss out on the stunning sleeve photography either, which is worth the price of admission alone.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Amorphic Foothills .....(5:12)
• A2. Dust Storm.....(8:13)
• A3. Geology Of Fire .....(5:07)

• SIDE B
• B1. A Fissure Exhales ..... (12:28)
• B2. Strata ..... (7:04)