Pyur - Oratorio for the Underworld
| Artist: | Pyur |
| Rating: | |
| Genres: | Ambient Pop, Deconstructed Club Post-Inudustrial |
| Released: | 2019 |
| Type: | Album |
| Label: | Subtext |
| Link: | Bandcamp |
Munich’s PYUR (Sophie Schnell) makes her Subtext debut with “Oratorio for the Underworld”, a nimble odyssey through vivid, otherworldly dreams. Growing up immersed in her family’s work as shamans, Schnell draws on the techniques and stories of her upbringing, through which ephemeral forms, stories and colours seep into her sound—a synthesis of hyperreal sound design, dramaturgy and classical composition....
PYUR’s fascination with the space between life and death is expressed through the weaving together of the organic and sublime in a dramatic exercise in expansive sonic worldbuilding.
The LP is a form of storytelling in which Schnell reimagines and takes on the roll of psychopomp, ushering the listener into a borderless realm. She relays rich legends while warm, airy timbres (courtesy of cellist Teresa Alvarez and violinist Juan ZalbaFuentes) serve as guides throughout.
Working largely in isolation over a period of two years, Oratorio for the Underworld is a document of “inward archaeology,” and marks an intimate yet grandiose journey through the psyche, exploring the ecstatic emotional boundaries between life and death, and body and spirit. Over the two year period, Schnell constantly found herself inventing new and unconventional compositional techniques with which to keep her writing dynamic—a process key in countering her own obsession with the mythos of Oratorio.
released October 10, 2019
PYUR’s fascination with the space between life and death is expressed through the weaving together of the organic and sublime in a dramatic exercise in expansive sonic worldbuilding.
The LP is a form of storytelling in which Schnell reimagines and takes on the roll of psychopomp, ushering the listener into a borderless realm. She relays rich legends while warm, airy timbres (courtesy of cellist Teresa Alvarez and violinist Juan ZalbaFuentes) serve as guides throughout.
Working largely in isolation over a period of two years, Oratorio for the Underworld is a document of “inward archaeology,” and marks an intimate yet grandiose journey through the psyche, exploring the ecstatic emotional boundaries between life and death, and body and spirit. Over the two year period, Schnell constantly found herself inventing new and unconventional compositional techniques with which to keep her writing dynamic—a process key in countering her own obsession with the mythos of Oratorio.
released October 10, 2019
Editions:
2019
Original Release
Subtext
| SUBCD016
| CD
| 01. | Deep City | (4:13) | |
| 02. | Flowers and Silvers | (5:06) | |
| 03. | Manta Ride | (5:10) | |
| 04. | Towers of Nebula | (7:18) | |
| 05. | Delphos | (5:38) | |
| 06. | Rose Born | (7:15) | |
| 07. | Cheperer | (3:46) | |
| 08. | The White Books | (6:37) | |
| 09. | Solar Barque Blues | (2:48) | |
| 10. | Zero Dead Ends | (3:30) | |
| 11. | Sun on Earth | (8:10) |
2019
Bandcamp Edition
Subtext
| SUB032
| Digital
Contains seven tracks not available elsewhere.
| 01. | Deep City | (4:13) | |
| 02. | Flowers and Silvers | (5:06) | |
| 03. | Manta Ride | (5:10) | |
| 04. | Towers of Nebula | (7:18) | |
| 05. | Delphos | (5:38) | |
| 06. | Rose Born | (7:15) | |
| 07. | Cheperer | (3:46) | |
| 08. | The White Books | (6:37) | |
| 09. | Solar Barque Blues | (2:48) | |
| 10. | Zero Dead Ends | (3:30) | |
| 11. | Sun on Earth | (8:10) | |
| 12. | Under Cavelights | (2:33) | |
| 13. | Panorama | (6:02) | |
| 14. | Age of the Lily | (4:25) | |
| 15. | Jumping Trails | (2:09) | |
| 16. | All Others Within Us | (4:30) | |
| 17. | Stone Hatcher | (3:32) | |
| 18. | Winged Flux | (3:22) |