Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch An Attempt To Draw Aside The Veil CD

Experimental lute playerßJozefßVanßWissemßand acclaimed film director and musician Jim Jarmusch have a working relationship that dates back to 2006, when they ran into each other on the street in New York City and quickly struck up a friendship. VanßWissemßcontributed to the soundtrack for Jarmusch's 2013 movießOnly Lovers Left Alive, and the two have collaborated on three previous studio albums -ßApokatastasis, Concerning the EntranceßIntoßEternity,ßandßThe Mystery of Heaven.ßAn Attempt to Draw Aside the Veilßis their second release as a duo for Sacred Bones Records, followingßThe Mystery of Heaven, and it's narrative picks up where that album left off.ßMusically, theßmostly instrumentalßalbumßfinds much of it's power in minimalism. VanßWissem'sßunadorned lute traces the outlines of subdued electronics and ominous guitar drones laid down by Jarmusch. It's a subtle album, and repeat listens reveal vast depths in it's dark corners. Above all, it's an album that sees two formidable collaborators complement each other brilliantly.

1. Concerning the White Horse 2. Dark Matter 3. The Unclouded Day 4. The Two Paths 5. Lost Continent 6. Final Initiation 7. When the Sun Rises Do You Not See a Round Disc of Fire