Take the concept in concert with Veriditas’ vistas of sound, gazing beyond the tree-lined wonder on its artwork, and we undoubtedly recognize the album’s rooting. Bingen saw the abundance of the earth as vitality to be cultivated, interconnected with the body and spirit. Veriditas, the sixth Helios full-length, shares its name with twelfth-century philosopher Hildegard von Bingen’s notion of “the greening power of the divine,” the term derived from the union of two Latin words: green and truth. As listeners, we follow subtle suggestions - the fiery sky on the cover of 2012’s Moiety, the countryside daydream of 2015’s Yume - extracting meanings from imagery and inscriptions. Kenniff mostly lets his music breathe free of explanation, open to interpretation. It is a reliably transportive body of work that’s earned Kenniff a cult following, and a genuine modesty that’s kept him on the fringes, right where he prefers, in the dark.
Kenniff has housed dozens of ambient releases under the name Helios since 2004, alongside post-classical output as Goldmund, shoegaze pop with his wife Hollie as Mint Julep, and commissions for film and television. “My mind is less distracted when I know that everything is dark outside.” For over a decade, such has been the mode - nocturnal, unrushed, using the same mini-cassette recorder, “a lovely little imperfect way to treat sounds” - for one of the country’s most understated composers. On respective edges of America - Oregon and Maine - Keith Kenniff records quiet music at night.
Taken from ‘Veriditas’ LP by Helios out August 31, 2018. Originate marks his return to being a solo artist full time and will be the first of a series of EP’s he will be dropping through 2020. Felt great to just let things be as they are and not over process everything.”- He says.įor those of you out there looking to score a sample pack with loops and oneshots from the record, it comes free with the purchase of the EP on Bandcamp. I used a lot more live samples and instrumentation than I have in the past which resulted in recordings that are raw, full of quirks, and white noise. I wanted to explore the concept of taking wild, scattered thoughts and slowly focusing it into a calm, repetitive state. “It’s a heady 5 track EP that I wrote after completing an 8 week mindfulness meditation course. The 5 track collection is by far his most intimate, vocal centered record yet.
Today ALEK FIN unveils his 3rd solo EP titled “Originate”.
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