Anduin

STM 005 is a one-hour, diverse musical compilation consisting of forthcoming and released works of the last twenty years that were composed by notable innovative and intellectual musicians.

The author of the mix is Richmond, VA (United States)-based musician and installation artist Jonathan Lee, better known as Anduin. He also owns a record label “SMTG Limited” and plays in the band “Souvenir’s Young America” as keyboardist and sound programmer. Anduin has worked with Jasper TX, James Plotkin, Svarte Greiner (Erik K. Skodvin), Stephen Vitiello and after releasing five high-quality ambient, experimental and electronic style albums, he definitely now carries a considerable store of musical knowledge.

In the records

STM 005 is a volatile musical selection which explores numerous individual styles. With constantly shifting sound and timbre, the artist lets us hear a colorful palette of unique musicians such as Autechre, Lawrence English, Tom Waits or John Zorn in a different way. Capricious music is blended into graceful entirety by subtly retaining practically full-length works and mixing shortly but carefully. This selection contains everything that could be needed – from delaying guitars, world instruments, glitched sound effects and piano melodies to floating atmospheres and volatile rhythms. Starting with the jazzy mood track Jonathan instantly leads the listener to expect the unexpected. Progressively increasing musical tension in the first quarter is suddenly changed into waving atmospheres, resilient melodies. While ghostly rhythmic structures and abyss vocals take the whole third quarter, sweeping pad textures evolve into dramatic cinematographic ending with viscous piano drops. It is mellow and mature music where quality is a guarantee.

STM 005 is like a surreal journey through a chaotic maze of the subconscious in the Andes’ cloud forest.