This collab by ambient guitarist Cinchel and
percussionist Mike Weis (joined by Neil Jendon, who recorded the album, on
synthesizer for a track) feels ancient. Like it’s a prophecy, a scroll set to
music. Or, if not a prophecy, then a document of divine wisdom. At least that. There’s
something here that defies logic yet feels 100 percent rational. Spirituality
meets tactile engagement. The esoteric hits the ground.
But then you get lost in the philosophical
suggestions of the titular photograph, its infinite representation a false
legitimacy disproved by actual events. Cinchel and Weis are your guides across
maps and atlases, over windswept mirrors and frozen canvases. Their interplay
is the compass and the magnetic fluctuations that throw off your direction. The
holy divination becomes an ever-shifting endpoint among a deepening complexity.
And it’s incredibly difficult to get back on
your original track. Good thing the diversions are equally fascinating.
--Ryan
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