NIVHEK (liz harris)

liz harris (grouper) has constructed an extraordinary ambient album of ethereal, minimalist bliss.

Opaque assemblages of Mellotron, guitar, field recordings, tapes and broken FX pedals coalesce into one organic entity from another world. In pacing, palette and poignancy, these sides rank among Harris’ most stark, primordial work: fragile, feverish, ominous and otherworldly. Her artistry for mapping richly detailed inner worlds is nowhere more expressive and enigmatic, vibrations and voices gliding dimly out of the void, “wraithlike and ethereal, their existence in the mist questionable.” “The new project from Grouper’s Liz Harris contains some of her most beguiling work. Spread across two long, contrasting ambient compositions, her music remains in an enigmatic class of her own” 8.3 – best new music – pitchfork.