Ritual Tones
Ormo, 2024
8/10
A highly artistic 3 track affair, Alan Regardin takes inspiration from traditional drone music as well as contemporary nods that recruits help from Peggy Buard, Alexis Persigan and Gabriel Lemaire.
“Tones” starts the listen with a distinct droning, where both light and dark qualities surround the strategic and mesmerizing climate that spends 17 minutes impressing us, and “Prelude” follows with a similar approach in a different register that welcomes Persigan’s well timed trombone amid Buard’s hypnotic organ.
The final selection, “Ritual”, carries a bit of a brighter demeanor, where subdued melody and Lemaire’s soulful baritone saxophone accent the rich layering of mystery and wonder.
Regardin focuses on the nature of sound and vibratory ideas, and his experimental approach to these unclassifiable and exciting selections sure is appreciated.