Eye of the Sea, by Svitlana Nianio & Tom James Scott

Eye of the Sea

by Svitlana Nianio & Tom James Scott

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1.	Snakeskin Sail 01:25	buy track
2.	Chains 04:33	buy track
3.	Ipomoea 03:41	buy track
4.	Sinking 01:22	buy track
5.	Twilight Threads 02:23	buy track
6.	Eye of the Sea 01:52	buy track
7.	Eddy 01:40	buy track
8.	Heartsease 01:12	buy track
9.	Slowly Turns the Spring 02:38	buy track
10.	Coralline 01:27	buy track
11.	Lotus 04:41	buy track
12.	Embers 02:21	buy track

about

Recorded in correspondence throughout a calamitous and uncertain 2020, “Eye of the Sea" is a collaborative record made by Tom James Scott of the United Kingdom and Svitlana Nianio of Ukraine. Active since the late 1980s, Nianio has released a treasure trove of diverse and beguiling music under her own name, as a member of the legendary Ukrainian experimental unit Cukor Bila Smerť, and in collaboration with the late musician and instrument maker Oleksandr Yurchenko. For his part, Scott has steadily published solo recordings since the mid aughts on labels such as Bo’Weavil, Students of Decay, and Where to Now?, and worked often in collaboration with kindred spirits like Andrew Chalk and Timo Van Lujik.

“Eye of the Sea” began as a series of intimate, muted piano sketches put to tape by Scott, which Nianio embellished and re-contextualized with voice and instrumentation before returning them to Scott for further overdubbing, editing, and mixing. Listening to these recordings, I’m struck most by their patience, frailty, and beauty. Soft piano lines unspool alongside Nianio’s weightless voice on tracks such as “Slowly Turns the Spring,” which achieves a richly devotional air, and “Lotus,” a piece that all but halts the passage of time as it slowly blooms into expression. But despite their elusive, gauzy palette, there is a startling directness to these recordings that feels unique in the oeuvres of both musicians. Much like Nianio’s wonderful “Lisova Kolekciya,” (reissued by Scott on Skire in 2017) there is the sense that this music, particularly the vocal arrangements, is firmly rooted in some hermetic, primordial tradition. Ultimately, “Eye of the Sea” is a work of romantic, phantasmagoric beauty shot through with morning light; one which draws deeply on 20th century classical, chamber and liturgical musics, and ambient minimalism to arrive at a distinctive voice of its own. - Alex Cobb (Students of Decay/Soda Gong)

credits

released July 7, 2023

Svitlana Nianio: voices, sound effects, keyboards
Tom James Scott: keyboards
Timo van Luijk: bowed string on 'Eye of the Sea'

Engineered by Sergii Khotiachuk and Tom James Scott
Mixed by Tom James Scott
Mastered by Noel Summerville

Design by Chris Bigg
Photograph by Kieran McPeake

Catalogue number: SKR11
Label: Skire
Year: 2023

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Record label established in 2013 by Tom James Scott.

discography

Eye of the Sea

Jul 2023
The Last Swarm of Summer

Sep 2021
Znayesh Yak? Rozkazhy

Feb 2020
Lisova Kolekciya

Nov 2017
Nocturnes

Apr 2017
Hilldrop

Nov 2016
The Carousel

Apr 2016
Calluna

Aug 2015
Teal

Oct 2014
Well of Sorrows

May 2014
Wild Flowers

Sep 2013

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