Repetition Hymns

Past Inside The Present is pleased to announce Repetition Hymns, a double album from the enigmatic Black Swan. Comprised of 19 vignettes, the relatively short tracks impart a strong forward momentum despite the 80-minute runtime. Repetition Hymns is thus particularly well-suited to the temporal distortion of quarantine, in which each day feels like an endless repeating loop. Our bleeding hearts are in need of drone like never before.
Repetition Hymns is composed of layers of handmade tape loops of varying lengths and pitches manipulated on multiple multitrack recorders. Sweeping sustained string crescendos evoke cinematic metaphors, but any sense of narrative remains abstract. Music is especially well-suited to exploring the malleability of time, and Repetition Hymns is slow music for slow times.