VANISH

Among the major musicians to be signed on the excellent and innovative independent label OPN records, Cyril Laurent (aka Lambwool) figures among the new emblematic musicians of spaced-out synthscaping oddisseys from France. Richfully textured, heart-touchingly melodious and softly moving this latest album entitled Vanish is a beautiful meditative and restful synth-inflected excursion with reminiscence to the best offers in that field of sound experiments, notably from France with artists such as Bernard Xolotl or Didier Bocquet to name a few. If the past releases were surfing on more darkened ambient territories, this new release is an achieving ethereal ambient work with some deliciously evocative, immersive moments as in the magnificent self-title. A piece such as "Twisted" is more turned to ghostly post-industrial enthralling ambiences with deep bass drones, desperate echoing scintillations and detached piano touches. A few ravishing and impressionistic acoustic elements painted by the violin brings to the pieces a sonorous poetical flavour ("Closed door"). Vanish is a brilliantly sentimental, sweetly dream-like electronic ambient work that will unconditionally satisfy fans of the genre. An other delicate, emotionally charged and compelling cinematic ambient walk by this now unmissable project by a key personality of neo-kosmische musik and subtlly expressive drone ambient. Recommended.