Today, celebrated electronic composer Loscil shares the video for ‘Candling’, taken from his forthcoming album release, Lake Fire (kranky, 2nd May).
‘Candling’ is one of Lake Fire‘s nine tracks offering ash-laden sonics that mine the tension within the cycle of destruction and rejuvenation.
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Loscil will perform the following live dates:
May 1, 2025, SFU – Vancouver, CA SOLD OUT
Sep 4, 2025, Extreme Chill – Reykjavik, IS
Sep 8, 2025, Silent Green, Berlin, DE tickets
Sep 10, 2025, Botanique, Brussels, BE
Sep 12, 2025, Casa Montjuic, Barcelona, ES tickets
Sep 16, 2025, Rich Mix, London, UK tickets
Sep 18, 2025, Ostre, Bergen, NO tickets
Sep 20, 2025, OSA Festival, Gdansk, PL
Lake Fire is the result of a disjointed creative process. Originally conceived as a suite for electronics and ensemble, most of the original compositions were deserted, save for Ash Clouds, featuring James Meager on double bass. The remaining tracks were reshaped and remixed, built anew out of the remnants of the abandoned work. The result is a phoenix, an album burnt to the ground only to be reassembled out of its cinders. Fragments of the original lurk beneath a densely overpainted canvas of sound.
Infused into the resulting rearrangements are impressions from a road trip into the mountains marking a personal half-century milestone, surrounded by the ominous proximity of wildfires and dense smoke; celebrating life while the world burns. The album’s title comes from the striking irony that forest fires are often named after regional lakes – perhaps subconsciously referencing ancient lore. The cover photos were taken from this same trip, while sitting in a rowboat staring into the grey abyss of an opposing mountainside outside of Revelstoke, BC, obfuscated by smoke from a nearby lake fire.
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