#mayforest

Some may recognize the name mayforest from our review of nocny a couple years back or his self-titled release a few years before that.  Christian Maiwald’s music is eminently peaceful, the reflection of what we thought was a relatively placid, carefree life.  But then we encountered ablatio, which challenges our assumptions not only of the artist, but of life itself. This is the first release…

Our first review of the year covers an album from Poland, where Christian Maiwald records under the moniker mayforest.  This gorgeous 45-minute track loops and layers from opening crackle to gracious exit, expressing a sense of suspension: a clock in honey, moving incrementally and almost unnoticed. We applaud the composer for making this a single piece, as it started as several pieces that were…

Slow-walking drones populate the depths of a mist-soaked rainforest that hasn’t seen the rising sun for years. mayforest hangs around in the deepest part of it, skulking around in a low register. Pretty sounds may be thought of prior to listening, forming part of a general assumption, with May bluebells and shooting sunflowers pointing to a bright spring, but this is far from the truth. Other…