mayforest ~ ablatio (Plus Interview!)

Some may recognize the name mayforest from our review of nocny a couple years back or his self-titled release a few years before that.  Christian Maiwald’s music is eminently peaceful, the reflection of what we thought was a relatively placid, carefree life.  But then

mayforest ~ nocny

Our first review of the year covers an album from Poland, where Christian Maiwald records under the moniker mayforest.  This gorgeous 45-minute track loops and layers from opening crackle to gracious exit, expressing a sense of suspension: a clock in honey, moving incrementally

mayforest ~ mayforest

Slow-walking drones populate the depths of a mist-soaked rainforest that hasn’t seen the rising sun for years. mayforest hangs around in the deepest part of it, skulking around in a low register. Pretty sounds may be thought of prior to listening, forming