Rudi Arapahoe

Debut album 'Echoes From One To Another' now available on Symbolic Interaction (SIC015).
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Track list:
01 - I Close My Eyes And Float To The Ceiling
02 - To Gather Flowers
03 - Forest Of Arches
04 - Dionysian Birds
05 - Every Time I Sleep
06 - Echoes From One To Another
07 - Lunar Semaphore
08 - Conversation Piece
09 - Vulture Phantasy
10 - Pleroma
11 - Last Words Unspoken
12 - My Shadow (Vanishes)
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Equal parts, composer, sound artist and storyteller; Rudi Arapahoe explores human spirituality as a series of glassy dreams slept in haunted internal worlds.
His romantic compositions, crafted in the solipsistic confines of Helix Branch studios, frame classical instrumentation in magical realism.
Beautiful musical passages, merge and dissolve as unconscious recollections, rendering the listener, a spellbound protagonist.PRESS QUOTESA poetic fusion of classical and electronic musics, Echoes From One To Another sounds like what might result were Akira Rabelais, Arvo Pärt, and The Balustrade Ensemble to spend a month collaborating at a studio in some ancient and secluded castle.
Textura -
The first verifiable hit from the Japanese Symbolic Interaction imprint, Rudi Arapahoe's Echoes from One to Another is a remarkable avant-classical work.
The Silent Ballet -
It is impossible to do Echoes From One To Another any favour in just a few words, such is the scope of the project and the mastery of the execution, and one can only partially lift the veil on a piece of work which keeps on revealing new facets with each new listen.
The Milk Factory -
Arapahoe plays the roles of conductor and composer, utilizing field recordings and antique electronics, while directing a collective of musicians who engage instruments including harp, violin and vintage synthesizers. The effect is somewhat remarkable, as Arapahoe weaves a fabric of forgotten sounds, fusing nocturnal ambiences with noir-classical instrumentation and echo-dappled folk. The fleeting elfin-chanteuse vocals of Kaithlin Howard only add to the mystique surrounding this release.
Angry Ape -
This is just a monstrously brilliant album. I had no idea what to expect as I hadn't heard anything from it at all and when I put it on it just blew me away.
Smallfish -
Mixing decayed field recordings with lonesome piano and vocal passages; Rudi Arapahoe creates ghostly, melancholic worlds of dream and hallucination.
Raven Sings The Blues -
A masterful mix of classical, electronics, field recordings and poetry.
Mapsadaisical -
As Eve Basilides opens up with strumming of the harp, a distant lo-fi hiss transposes you into a surreal world of shadows and broken dreams. By the time Kaithlin Howard's voice breaks through the reverb and lightly touched piano chords I begin to wonder if the imagery is indeed from my long lost memory. Rudi Arapahoe's spellbinding soundscapes accompany my daydreams into a world of modern classical and magical realism.
Headphone Commute -
Atmospheric, restful, filmic, above all melancholic and exciting. The music unfolds before you like a lovely dream. An unprecedented beauty!
Caleidoscoop -
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