{"id":30204,"date":"2025-09-14T22:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=30204"},"modified":"2025-11-12T20:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:34:47","slug":"arc00359","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/product\/arc00359\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik W\u00f8llo: Aeris Suite (Digital EP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 307px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album= 1433332393\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless> <a href=\"https:\/\/projektrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/aeris-suite\">aeris-suite<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"hideme\">\n1 Portal<br \/>\n2 Sinuous Path<br \/>\n3 Monochrome<br \/>\n4 Obscure Trail<br \/>\n5 Celsius<br \/>\n6 Aeris<br \/>\n7 Sirius<br \/>\n8 Aeris Suite (gapless album)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"410\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J80OZNl7vQA?si=pcDceUcphOKyM-Ds\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><IMG SRC=https:\/\/www.projekt.com\/store\/assets\/images\/DigitalOnly.png width=400><\/p>\n<h4>&quot;While many of the parts explore the melodic, the changes are slow, measured, and dreamlike, with shimmering overtones and drifting shadows that pique the imagination, creating spellbinding harmonics and wandering introspective imagery that reaches from the heart and soul of your being into the furthest depths of outer space&#8230; Another positively engaging masterwork from W\u00f8llo.&quot; -Peter Thelen, Expos\u00e9<\/h4>\n<p><BR>Erik W\u00f8llo&#8217;s 30-minute <strong>Aeris Suite<\/strong> is a meditative, long-form work delving into the ethereal and textural side of the Norwegian composer and guitarist&#8217;s sonic worlds. These emotionally evocative guitar-based compositions find W\u00f8llo at his most introspective: creating a deeply resonant palette of hypnotic, suspended, slow-evolving tracks.<\/p>\n<p><BR><strong>Aeris Suite<\/strong> flows naturally as seven seamless interconnected parts. The EP is performed almost entirely on W\u00f8llo&#8217;s special custom electric sustainer guitar processed through an intricate array of pedals and effects. The addition of looping devices paired with harmonizers and advanced granular effects sometimes sounds like synthesizers, but actually it arises from the direct touch of the guitar strings. Through this setup, W\u00f8llo sculpts subtle layers of tone and depth, creating electronic music at once weightless and vast; it\u2019s a vivid and organic expression.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Reminiscent of his previous reflective works, this suite explores the abstract edges of his style with less emphasis on melody. Moving through drifting harmonics, radiant overtones, and slowly shifting timbres, it offers an aural experience timeless, contemplative and immersive.<\/p>\n<p><BR>Beginning with the threshold-like \u201cPortal,\u201d it then meanders along the most rhythmic track on the album, &#8220;Sinuous Path.&#8221; From there it drifts through tonal shifts (\u201cMonochrome&#8221;) and shadowy terrain (&#8220;Obscure Trail&#8221;), into an enveloping venture (\u201cCelsius&#8221;), eventually arriving at the title track \u201cAeris&#8221; and closing with the glowing \u201cSirius.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><BR>The title <strong>Aeris<\/strong> \u2014 derived from Latin, meaning \u201cair\u201d or \u201cof the air\u201d \u2014 hints at the intangible qualities of this music. Light, open, and expansive, the suite evokes a floating presence, a sense of being held in an endless drift of sound. 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