Fazo IV: La Kvalito de Speguloj

On Fazo IV: La Kvalito de Speguloj, Robert A.A. Lowe (Lichens, Singer, 90 Day Men) constructs haunting, beautiful, at times hypnotic rhythms and melodies using synthesizers. His love of the warm, bubbling, physical sounds of the synthesizer permeates these seven songs, which seem simultaneously strangely familiar yet also somehow distant and alien. Fazo IV: La Kvalito de Speguloj (Phase 4: The Quality of Mirrors) is a further extension of Lowe's exploration of sonic vocabularies and emotional landscapes. Because the modes Lowe utilizes are tonally and melodically universal to his ear, he has titled the album in the language of Esperanto - the universal language constructed to foster international understanding and peace. This notion of universal understanding comes through in waves on Fazo IV. There is a certain tranquility in these tracks - something very meditative and therapeutic; a calming honesty that leads the mind inward and transcends language. Includes the additional 14-minute track "Sparrou-Amedito" not featured on the limited edition LP.