Fragile mystic folk
surfaces on a variety of limited releases!
An artist new to me but
very welcome is In Gowan Ring, the artistic vehicle for the
mysteriously named B'ee who's been making low-key but intoxicating
folk-based music for the last 20 years. In 2012 B'ee spent several
months constructing a five-sided tent as a recording/living space in
a forest behind a chateau in a sparsely occupied area of the Massif
Central in France. (I know, right!)
The recordings he made
in that time, known as the Pent Pouch album were released as a
limited edition of 55 copies given away to people who helped finance
the project. Five years later these recordings are getting a public
release digitally as well as in a variety of limited physical
formats. There are five copies on both pentagonal vinyl (yes really!)
and CD released in a five sided box format but 150 copies on both
pentagonal vinyl and CDin a five-sided corduroy pouch. Nice! So top
marks for the packaging but how about the music?
B'ee describes his
music as symbolist folk, and that's pretty accurate. Infused with a
sense of something bigger – a spirituality maybe, or affinity with
nature, the seasons, and eternal truths. It's music for the dusk of
late evenings or the mist of early mornings. Echoes of Nick Drake, the Incredible
String Band, early and rennaissance music all fuse into something unique
If you miss out on the
limited versions head over to the In Gown Ring Bandcamp page for a a
digital copy along with a plethora of other releases of a similar
high quality available via the Moonlit Missives subscription service.
Links
Click here for In Gowan Ring's website.
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