Electronic act talks new analog approach and Pakistani instrumentation
, emerges from a treacherous creation process. The London-based musician lost her demos in a 2020 studio burglary, then spent COVID lockdown with family in Pakistan, away from most of her equipment. Reworking the LP from scratch, the artist stepped away from go-to electronic recording programs and picked up a more analog approach to composition.
“But then, somehow I’ve managed to meld the worlds together in a way that still stays true to my sound palette, and doesn’t feel pastiche or anything.”transforms Iqbal’s initial ambient demos into a lush soundscape populated with electronic beats, synthesizers, and, more surprisingly, sitar and harmonium. The latter two instruments trace back to Iqbal’s Pakistani heritage, but she’d never incorporated them into her professional career until the April 2023 release.
Sitar peeks out from layered acoustic guitar in instrumental centerpiece “Lilac Twilight,” while harmonium – a keyboard that makes sound by pumping air into reeds rather than hitting strings – reverberates in album opener “In Light.”
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