Elementals by D.B.Lolaq is Moustached Cowboy Records' 3rd release. Stylistically a change for the company: Elementals is a work in an ambient folk, or drone folk style, drastically different from the 1st and 2nd releases.
For this EP, D.B.Lolaq drew inspiration from the writings of 16th century alchemist Paracelsus. In these writings, Paracelsus speaks of spirits that correspond with the 4 elements. The element water has a spirit called Nymph, the element fire a spirit called Salamander, the element air corresponds with the spirit Sylvester and the element earth has a spirit called Pygmaeus. Elementals consists of 4 tracks, recorded with a minimum of digital means, with droning melodic lines, played on instrumental oddities like a fretless mandolin, a mouthbow and a fishbowl, accompanied by field recordings, fireplace recording in track 3 by Ludovic Kierasinski. Many of the recordings of the instruments were made outdoors at various places to capture the spirit of the elements.
D.B.Lolaq's blog is here
D.B.Lolaq's blog is here
