London native Ben Chatwin's Talvihorros moniker has only been generating material since 2008, and during these three years of recording and performing under the name, Chatwin had kept his releases and live shows as two separate practices: the former employing layers of various instruments, and the latter orchestrated solely through guitar and pedals. His latest outing Descent Into Delta marries both concepts, ornamenting what was captured from select solo-guitar pieces with instruments culled in editing and arrangement.
The barrier between these practices isn't entirely unintelligible on Descent Into Delta, but more so binds the resonant amp rumble with glimmering, pristine acoustics in an angle that renders his compositions otherworldly. It's almost a circumstance to assume of the album and track titles, as a subaqueous environment feels to be an ideal image to connect to the five pieces. "Theta"'s 10-minute excursion floats gracefully, yet encounters tense swells that vanish too suddenly to interpret impending chaos. Bewilderment could only be induced by its unearthly appearance.
Because Descent is such a sprawling venture, the magnitude of its tact and subtlety is difficult to gauge, though unmistakably present. Despite their separate origins in recording, each instrument at Chatwin's disposal is applied with keen insight and at great distance from one another, as he opts to challenge their consonance. During circulation these elongated, amorphous melodies cross paths and form an unaccustomed habitat. As incessant as the analogies may be, the buoyant, murky textures abound suggest an exemplary route of processing material from Talvihorros and contemporaries: immersion.
[Talvihorros Website]
[Stream/Buy Descent Into Delta from Hibernate Records]
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