Luke Nigro - Speaking in Strings (2018)

Heavy with introversion, transience, and intentional isolation, Luke Nigro presents crucial winter listening with "Speaking in Strings." Churning loops and drones evoke the weight of the season, while snippets of melodies flicker with the not-so-distant memory of warmer times.

In keeping with the hermetic mindset, Luke focused solely on guitar and effects for these recordings, stripping down the palette after his 2016 Oxtail release "Circles and Triangles." The results are both captivating and trance-inducing while remaining eminently musical, as only the best ambient music does.