Lauré Lussier - Driftways
Released: June 5 The newest release from Lauré Lussier, Driftways , consists of two wonderful pieces that stand in fairly stark contrast to one another. Both are incredibly atmospheric, yes. But “Thémes & Variations” feels quite different to its counterpart in its atmosphere. Of the two, I firmly found the first piece to be much more engaging, mainly due to the nature of the composition. There’s this one little piece of melody that features throughout the song - a small little motif seeming played on a flute or some other wind instrument that will show and play for a short time. Then the following several minutes feel like an exceedingly warped and twisted version of it, smearing its sonic qualities to the extremes until it sounds unrecognizable. Then, it suddenly reappears as if nothing had happened. I found myself getting lost in the weirdness only to be suddenly snapped back when the motif reoccurred. The second part, “Rondo,” carries some of this technique along with...
