…parts unknown, CLARA ENGEL Golden Egg
Clara Engel Golden Egg [Their Invisible Hands LP] is available on Bandcamp, Deezer, Tidal
by Walter Price
Someplace between that bewitching space of slumber and the mystical heavens and from the most eclectic mind of multi-faceted, multi-instrumented, and certainly multi-dimensional artist Clara Engel comes the experimentally distinctive LP, “Their Invisible Hands” (2022). A dark and hauntingly beautiful escape into the psyche of a nonconformist who seems to let her soul, in concert with the elements, guide her creativity. Channeling all the whimsy and shadowy memories to fill in the voids of this 13-track experience.
I’m particularly drawn to the poetic and mystical lullaby (of sorts), “Golden Egg”. Engel’s ethereal vocals and softly hypnotic arrangement intertwine innocence and a spiritual offering. Like if it were co-created by s woodland shaman as it leads you into another whelm. Which, in a way, could be my overall synopsis of the entire album.
If you’re looking into a new form of escapism, give Clara Engel’s “Their Invisible Hands” a moment or two. But if time is an issue, get yourself started by giving “Golden Egg” a stream, here at the GTC.
CLARA ENGEL Golden Egg
Artist photo via Facebook // Bio excerpt via Bandcamp
Recorded and mixed at home in 2021 by Clara Engel
Mastered by Krzysztof Sujata
All songs and instrumentals written and improvised by Clara Engel
Instruments: voice, cigar box guitar, talharpa, shruti box, melodica, found percussion, tongue drum, chromonica.
Engel has just announced her next album, SANGUINARIA, expected to be released on June 16, 2023.
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“I’m not writing the same song over and over so much as writing one long continuous song that will end when I die…” C.Engel (Bandcamp)