Artist: Erik Wollo
Tracklist:
- Land of Myths [4:50]
- First Arrival [7:08]
- The Crossing [8:25]
- A Sublime Place [3:16]
- Gateway [5:36]
- Blue Universe [3:57]
- The Traveler [6:12]
- There Will Be Snow [5:19]
- The Mental Trail [5:16]
- Full Circle [6:15]
- Wetlands [5:22]
- Thule [8:36]
Total Time 70:16
Gateway is both lyrical and rhythmic, emphasizing melodic and structural formations; modern electronic music explores vast panoramas and limitless horizons. Graceful chiming themes ring out against ambient textures and delicate chord structures with a highly listenable appeal. It is a gentle musical journey through soundscapes of synthesizers and electric guitars. Orchestrated layers of sounds make this a deep listening experience where new details are discovered on each successive listening.
"There is always a meditative attitude," Erik reflects, "recollections from dreams and reality suggesting the mysterious. Every artist has their own unique inner landscape that emulates where they were born and raised, influencing the creative expression. By reflecting all the different kinds of music that you have been hearing through your lifetime, Gateway is a mirror of time."
Gateway has 12 tracks carefully sequenced like parts in a symphony or as the soundtrack to a film exploring new undiscovered places. The cinematic songs have unique moods from piece to piece beginning with gentle "Land of Myths," a slow introduction to the story. Wøllo continues with the more rhythmic "First Arrival," launching elements later refined as separate songs. The titles all describe the journey: "A Sublime Place," "The Mental Trail" and "Wetlands." The album ends with a long and sustaining piece, "Thule," suggesting a trip even further north into the future. An open end to a sonic journey.
This album is a new era of Wøllo's music where emotional atmospheres flow into expansive ambient textures. An album that combines intense and serene passages with masterful performances. It is New Instrumental Music with both symphonic qualities and more sublime, varied dynamic structures. Soar in abstract space elements with the unmistakable style of this critically acclaimed artist.