MAXWELL STERLING – SUMUP
2021-04-19Manchester-born composer Maxwell Sterling clearly delights in the anachronistic, a sensibility purely distilled within Turn of Phrase. There’s a sense of memory slippage to this LP; somewhat baroque in tone, exceedingly ornate and yet mysteriously melancholic, timbres and melodies collide and combust, simultaneously recalling both electronic-avant-garde approaches and the holy music of the ancients, composed in decaying, cryptic manuscripts.