Fia Fiell - All in the Same Room
Artist: Fia Fiell
Rating: MEH
Genres: Ambient
Released: 2018
Type: Album
Label: Nice Music
Link: Bandcamp

‘All In The Same Room’ is a meticulously crafted capsule of intimate melodic descriptions across a timeline of personal tumult, realisation and ultimately, growth; a playful yet guarded sense of wonder informs the tones, the sparse arrangement and the care taken with the mix, following on where 'A Hair, A Heap' left off. Swells and cycles in which time seems to slow often give way to sheer power throughout the arc of this release however (see 'Overgrowth', featuring a massively moving pipe organ performance at its center), while the artist herself encourages the listener toward an immersive higher volume experience than so-called 'ambient' music usually demands. Finally, it's worth noting that the pieces on 'All In The Same Room' were all born from improvisational performances which were then given the space and environment to bloom, as Schofield's creative voice continues to do just that. For fans of Huerco S, Alexander Scriabin....

released May 7, 2018

Editions:
2018 Original Release
Nice Music | NM020 | Digital/Cassette
  01. At the First Clear Word (6:32)
  02. All in the Same Room (4:44)
  03. Grapefruit (4:03)
  04. Phoenician Letters (5:34)
  05. Rope (2:29)
  06. Use Your Hands (5:08)
  07. Forward (2:44)
08. Overgrowth (9:27)