Resonance

Resonance extends Animus into darker, more textural territory — improvisation-based compositions drawing on ECM (particularly pianist Lyle Mays), with electric guitar, chant, and Korean and African hand percussion added to the palette. On the opening track, Mike Cassidy — then part of DC hardcore band Scream alongside Dave Grohl — sat in on fretless bass. Two takes.

That fluid crossover between punk and jazz felt natural then in a way it rarely does now, and connects directly to my parallel life as guitarist for post-punk-goth band Wept.
Easy to dismiss as new age in retrospect. Returning to it in 2011, I heard something darker: what I’ve since called post-catholic — gothic mysticism crossed with post-modern unease. Distant ancestor to the illbient movement, perhaps. More to mine here than its shelf life suggested.