Sonnambuli
Reviewed By Janet Mawdesley April 29, 2023
Artist – Fallen aka Lorenzo Brancaloni
Distributor:
Released: March 2023
Running Time:
Website: https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sonnambuli
Facebook:
YouTube:
Instagram:
X formally Twitter:
Beautiful, dreamy and delightful to simply sink into Sonnambuli from Fallen aka Lorenzo Brancaloni is in its complex simplicity, offering an entrance into a dream that is built around, once again the beautiful poetry he creates with the names of the seven track.
The sound is light, synonymous of Brancaloni in a reflective mood, somewhat pensive at times as he floats or walks through the dream state, encouraging the dreamer, the traveller to simply remain within the space they are, which begins with Sonnambuli I: Don’t Open Your eyes.
Gentle pulsating sound allows the dreamer to move from the daily hustle into the magical space that can take you anywhere you choose. Definite moments indicate a gate or pathway to be followed, to enter the realm of your imagination and is perfect, at 6minute 45 seconds for a short moment of relaxation in a busy day.
Moving on through Sonnambuli II: Smell the Scent of the Night, is an evocative piece bringing with it the sent which can be discovered only as night falls and the earth releases its soft perfume. Sonnambuli III: The Mist Outdoors makes the perfect continuum in the sensory perception that is being developed.
Sonnambuli III: Walking through the Old Forrest is somewhat brooding, slightly haunting and interesting in the use of percussive effects as a sense of caution, of looking for the ghosts who may inhabited the forest is being developed whereas SonnambuliI V: Wise Owls, Close Stars changes the emotion of the gentle drifting to a more alert, almost confrontational sound which is unexpected considering the mellow flow of the previous tracks.
Following on is Sonnambuli VI: Half Moon’s Lullaby once again beautiful melody that enchants, capturing the mystique that surrounds the moon, captured with a lovely up-tempo feeling that still holds gentle emotion.
Silence, peace and contemplation give way to the final piece Sonnambuli VII: Still Dreaming which once again at nearly 10 minute in length makes a perfect piece for a quick meditation or reflective moment. It drifts into being with a slightly more sombre style of a slower, deeper, brooding vibration which in itself is really quite beautiful, containing within the spectrum, rich, immensely powerful emotion.
Once again Fallen has reached deep into the emotions to create and captive with a rich, reflective, series of tracks which is absolutely sublime.