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Lyra Pramuk: Hymnal analysis – slime-toting composer’s gorgeous and subtle devotional music

by musicsoundwizard@gmail.com   ·  5 months ago  

Seeking extra-human inspiration for her third album, American composer and producer Lyra Pramuk cultivated slime mold. Its intricate, creeping webs provided a form of draw for Hymnal’s unfamiliar standpoint on “devotional” music, which moves past earthly religions to celebrate the magnificence and apprehension of the universe. Rummaging thru folks, gospel, dance and Pramuk’s classical training, ...