Moor Mother, Wooden Elephant quintet & Beethoven Orchestra Bonn
Moor Mother, Wooden Elephant quintet & Beethoven Orchestra Bonn "Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes" CD
Intoxicating
The primal force of the spoken word collides
with evocative music that pierces the heart: the
irrepressible power of Moor Mother's
apocalyptic album is visceral. This spellbinding
symphonic version created for the Beethoven
Orchestra Bonn and the string quintetWooden
Elephant by Ian Anderson, the impassioned
opus by the radical American poet becomes a
grandiose Gesamtkunstwerk that touches the
soul.
Ingenious
This world premiere recording cannot be
pigeonholed into any genre. It is music with a
powerful message that stirs and overwhelms. It
is about racism, about structural and
institutionalised violence, as expressed in
harrowing images: "It’s so soft to the skin, in the
lands and the cotton fields of democracy. […]
My mama, my grandmama, my great-great great
grandmama picked so much cotton they
saved the world, all by themselves."
Inspiring
The critically acclaimed artistMoorMother has
been praised for her thought-provoking lyrics
and fearless approach to sound art showcasing
her boundary-pushing sonic experiments. The
New York Times hailed her as part of "a new
generation of visionary black storytellers". She
describes her intention as "trying to get the
audience to understand another way of
digesting the truth."
Ineffable
The Myth Hold Weight is the gravitational
centre of this dramaturgically superbly
designed work. Despite all the justified anger,
defiance and rebellion, it gives the oppressed a
way out of the spiral of violence and
hopelessness to a haven of peace. The
movement is followed by a mind-expanding
maelstrom of sound in Sonic Black Holes that
echoes the empathetic "I can feel you."
1. Repeater
2. Don't Die
3. After Images
4. Engineered Uncertainty
5. Master's Clock
6. Black Flight
7. The Myth Hold Weight
8. Sonic Black Holes
9. LA92
10. Shadowgrams
11. Private Silence
12. Cold Case
13. Passing Of Time
Release date: November 21, 2025