HXH
STARK PHENOMENA
“imbued with such hopeful, gracious care; one that is far flung from obsessive carefulness
or the world carelessness, but more a caring embrace without the fuzziness of nostalgia.”
AND IT PASSES
OVER AND THROUGH
WAVES QUANTIZED ONLY BY THE MOON
AS LIGHT ADVANCES
IN CELEBRATION OF SLOWNESS
LOVE ME LOUD IN THE OPEN
GUIDED BY VOICES
SYNTHETIC CALIBRATIONS AS NATURE IS CURSED
TO QUIET THE DYSREGULATED
HOW YOU KNOW PEACE?
HYBRIDITY DRAWN BY HAND
BUT WHOS?
…
HERE, NOW
STARK PHENOMENA’
‘The tracks share an obvious connection; whether returning to ancestral lands, the primordial sea or the spirit, they connect with forces that existed before humankind.
As the duo’s first recorded output, STARK PHENOMENA is a genesis in more ways than one.’ - a closer listen
“I want to float and meditate with water” – A review of HXH’s “STARK PHENOMENA”
Bandcamp:
BEST OF 2025The Best Experimental Music of 2025
“The first studio album by the New York duo of Chris Ryan Williams and Lester St. Louis, aka HxH, is a fascinating introduction to their unique brand of electroacoustic music. Sidelong opener “’BEACH”’ rides thick drones, culled from the studio and the stage, then becomes a pulsing soundscape that evokes late-night sirens. On side B, “Pyrex Vision” carves chopped tones around spoken words from Ayorinde E. Peebles, while “Erta Ale” employs high-register chimes both soothing and unnerving. STARK PHENOMENA shows HxH are confident enough to try anything, and devout enough to see it through.”
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