The Murmurists project has been active since the late 1990’s, and has seen a Donovan joined by a selection of different collaborators coming from all manner of different experimental genres- moving from improv, ambient, krautrock, electro-acoustic, experimental theatre, jazz rock, modern classical  and beyond.  So trying to pin down & describe what we have here is far from easy.

Featured here is a single nearing forty six minute track, which morphs & shifts though all manner of surreal sonic territory along it’s length. We move from stand alone philosophical  feminist spoken word, onto creaking ‘n’ twitching elector-acoustic composition alive with strange field recordings & shifting voices. Through to crashing & sinister soundtrack like composition. Onto wondering ‘n’ dozy percussion & oboe improv. Through to slamming yet moody blends of pounding jam-rock & simmering organ. Down to slowly growing ambient unease & avant classical sour bloom. Though to woozy & blurred electronica meeting sustained wind instrumentation brood,  and elector acoustic detail. To really to try & fully map out what we have here would be fruit-less, and also a little point-less, as with this type of composition it’s best to experience & explore it fully for ones self.

All in all this a great & varied bit of experimental composition- I wasn’t aware of either Donovan or the Murmuris collective  before, but this has certainly made me eager  to hear more of his work. So in summing up- if you enjoyed genre shifting, multi-facetted, and squarely surreal sound art- this is a must have!.