Australian percussionist, composer, and producer Laurence Pike delivers a bold and immersive statement with Holy Spring, released in 2019. Rooted in free improvisation, the album unfolds as a series of ritual-minded sonic ceremonies, building a sumptuous world from dense sampled snippets, repetitive phrases, and inventive percussive sound design.
What makes Holy Spring truly remarkable is that its simultaneously minimalist and densely detailed tracks were captured in a single day, lending the record an urgent, primal energy. Tracks like "Drum Chant" showcase Pike's ability to transform raw, sweatily visceral percussion into an avalanche of invigorating noise, while the album as a whole achieves what Pike himself describes as music that is as exciting as it is confounding — a mature and enthralling work that generates real power.
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TRACKS
1. Mystic Circles
2. Daughter Of Mars
3. Dance Of The Earth
4. Transire
5. Drum Chant
6. Holy Spring
7. The Shock Of Hope
8. Taught By Spirits
9. Rites “I hope,” says Laurence Pike, “the listener is as excited – and at times confounded – by this music as I am.” It’s a feeling that most musicians can relate to, but there’s a certain intensity to the way the Australian percussionist, composer and producer expresses it that reveals something very special in the way Holy Spring was created. Holy Spring by Laurence Pike Reviews and Tracks - Metacritic Holy Spring is a mature and enthralling work that gives us real ritual. Ceremonies taken seriously that generate real power
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