RUINN - An Ocean of Voices

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This is the first release I recorded under the name Ruinn, it was released on the label Fogged Entity. I spent some time in Italy over the winter of 2023, visiting many different Churches & Cathedrals, here I was inspired by the music that was sometimes played for the visitors.

Moving around these spaces you are emotionally guided by the often graphic and spectacular pieces of art.

There is a juxtaposition between the beauty and the calm of the buildings and the violence and fear in some of the imagery.

On the occasions where there was music, it was often soothing and created a singular mood within the space.

I wanted to create contemporary choral chants that accompany the listener through different parts of a cathedral, each one employing a different mood which subtly shifts as you move from the Crypt, to the Spire.

The tracks are largely voice-led, it was important to me that they felt very ‘human’ and fragile, I wanted the tracks to express the multitude of emotions that one can have in such a space that celebrates Life and Death & displays the best and worst of humanity all at once.