Unfurling introduces a trio where established voices in contemporary experimental music - Angharad Davies, Klaus Lang, and Anton Lukoszevieze - are brought together in an environment shaped as much by deep listening as by compositional foresight. Born out of a residency and recorded during the intense yet open space of a single studio session, the album becomes a portrait of creative trust and shared focus. Throughout the 52-minute performance, each musician both asserts and dissolves their individuality, allowing the collective sound to slowly emerge without hurry or excess.
Davies’s violin articulates both delicate gesture and sustained tone, finding resonance with the harmonium’s subtle, breathing drones. Meanwhile, Lukoszevieze’s cello threads through, anchoring and echoing the shifting contours of the ensemble. The music embodies a slow, organic build, evoking the sensation of forms gracefully unfurling in real time. There are no sudden breaks or dramatic departures; instead, attention is drawn to the changing relationships of timbre and dynamics, microscopic changes that magnify the expressive potential of each note and pause.
What distinguishes Unfurling is not only its length, but also its refusal to adhere to predictable structures. This is music that asks only for presence - not for narrative, but for immersion. The trio leans into a sense of balance between what is played and what is allowed to fade, cultivating a quietly absorbing environment that is both rigorous and generous. The influence of Wandelweiser and other schools of quiet experimentalism resonates in their approach, but the group finds a distinctive language rooted in tactile precision and restrained lyricism.
As the piece develops, patterns surface and dissolve, with the dialogue between violin, cello, and harmonium rendered at the level of small gestures and minute inflections. The sense of listening together, of each performer both shaping and yielding, gives the album its compelling dynamic. Unfurling stands as a unique document of process-driven, collective music-making - an invitation to enter a sonic landscape where everything alters gradually, and where transformation is revealed only to those who remain attentive for the duration.
