Megalithic Statues of Vishapakar

by Andra Ljos

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1.	Artanish Bay 05:05	buy track
2.	Garni 04:52	buy track
3.	Gemerzek Settlements 05:17	buy track
4.	Lake Sevan 03:49	buy track
5.	Mount Aragats 06:50	buy track
6.	Tokhmakagan Backwaters 06:19	buy track

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The fourth album by Vilnius-based composer Aleksandra Evseeva aka Andra Ljos is as runic and ritualistic as the Bronze Age monoliths for which it’s named: Megalithic Statues of Vishapakar. Found mainly in the Armenian Highlands, vishaps are cigar-shaped slabs of stone carved with fish heads or snakes, depicting a sacred serpent of Armenian folklore thought to protect sources of water from drought and ruin. The music evokes a similarly arcane and devotional air, between raga, séance, and 4th world hallucination.

The track titles allude to significant vishap discovery sites, spanning lakes, bays, mountains, and temples. Wood block percussion wobbles beneath lattices of looped keys, golden organ, synthetic strings and flutes, distant birds, muffled voices, and the soft wash of restless waters. Evseeva’s muse may be mined from her Armenian heritage but the songs conjure a mood more elusive and expansive – pensive pastorals for a land of long shadows and ancient fears, strewn with cryptic relics swiftly dissipating into myth.

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released August 4, 2023

Mastering by Marcus Miller at Holosuite Mastering.
Design by Britt Brown.

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