WL//WH Premiere: BELIAL PELEGRIM "Requiem for the Forgotten Spectre" [Bricolage]

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WL//WH is pleased to premiere “Requiem for the Forgotten Spectre”, the fourth song from Belial Pelegrim's conceptual fifteen-track opus. Refined sculptor of equally mysterious and thought-provoking sound narratives combined with intricately textured and multifaceted rich arrangements, wobbling through lucid visions and pensive moods. ____________________________________________________________________ Almost 5 years to the day since his Bricolage debut, "Imitation of Faith", the prolific Belial Pelegrim returns with his latest musical escapade, "The Astronaut's Last Polaroid", and it's a very special one indeed. This album tells the story of Jack Hawthorne. A 68 year old former NASA astronaut that is now grappling with the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Once celebrated for his groundbreaking lunar missions, Jack now finds himself lost in the uncharted territory of his fading mind. Alzheimer's disease is a subject that is no doubt close to the hearts of a lot of people and it's a subject that Belial has carefully mapped out with the utmost respect. The music itself is 15 tracks of lucid and harmonic experimental soundscapes that set a transient stage for what feels like a dark yet beautiful dream. There's a tinge of anxiety laced throughout as you would expect with such a theme but it never becomes foreboding. It's more like giant swirls of memories and relics of the past that drift in and out of view. Belial expertly maps out the journey through hypnagogic tones that resonate with the heart and mind. Fleeting glimpses of rhythmic patterns, flashes of brooding strings and sprinkles of melodic dust. Taking us on a trip through not only Jack's consciousness but also our own. The depth and emotion that burrows its way into each track is of grandiose proportions. At times it feels like we're witnessing a one-man orchestra as we traverse through various realms of classical, glitch. ambient and electronica. A reverie of sonic tapestry. "The Astronaut's Last Polaroid" serves as a woozy yet visceral reminder that time is not always on our side when it comes to memory but also that the mind is a beautiful place regardless. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ARTIST: Belial Pelegrim ( @belial-pelegrim ) LABEL: Bricolage ( @bricolage-g5 ) TITLE: The Astronaut's Last Polaroid CATALOGUE: bc089 FORMAT: Digital ARTWORK: B Pelegrim MASTER: B Pelegrim RELEASE DATE: November 22, 2024 BUY: https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/the-astronauts-last-polaroid-bc089 Full album preview @ youtu.be/RieDpbHlE5Q _______________________________________________________________________________ Belial Pelegrim social links: - https://hyperfollow.com/belialpelegrim Bricolage Social links: - IG: https://www.instagram.com/bricolageg5 - X/Twitter: https://x.com/BricolageG5 - FB: https://www.facebook.com/BricolageG5 - Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/BricolageG5/ ___________________________________________________________________________ PURCHASE: https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/the-astronauts-last-polaroid-bc089 Check WL//WH Blog for more: https://www.whitelight-whiteheat.com/wl-wh-premiere-belial-pelegrim-requiem-for-the-forgotten-spectre-from-the-astronauts-last-polaroid-lp-bricolage/