Ley

Released: August 4, 2023

The third 3-letter Approaching Mountains album. An escape from the storm into a sunny field in a forest. Made out of recordings by me and friends. No synthesizers or software instruments were used. Mainly built out of samples of traditional Lithuanian instruments.

Tracklist

1. 01. What's Left of the Light01:26
2. 02. Ignited in a Field of Bright06:15
3. 03. Weeping in Radiance04:36
4. 04. Aerial Thyme Reverie04:55
5. 05. Mossophonics03:01
6. 06. O kai mes būsim03:22
7. 07. De Facto Drone03:26
8. 08. Cursus04:07
9. 09. Forest Migraine02:12
10. 10. VL-18404:28
11. 11. Fear of Synthesis01:42
12. 12. Black Smoke Above Trees I02:00
13. 13. Black Smoke Above Trees II03:24
14. Overall:44:54

Credits

Me - composition, sampling, alto saxophone, field recordings, radio recordings, music box, piano, djembe, skudučiai, tape, artwork, mixing, mastering and everything else

Egidijus Virbašius - 5-string kanklės, samogitian kanklės, suvalkietiškos kanklės, kanklės, birbynė, skudučiai, frame drum, skrabalai, bull horn, ožragis, wooden horn, daudytės, wooden hunting horn, viking horn, mutton bone, goose feather.

Concrete Castles - trumpet, broken tape loops, bass clarinet

Nyedveg - electric guitar

Matt Hawkins - electric guitar

Mom - vocals on 2nd track

Mirta - sniffing sounds

Laserheart - vacuum

Sequoia - sampling

Track 10 written by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis