Night Melody / Articulation [CD]
Some of London-based electronic songwriter Ryan Lee Westsmost recognised work to date comes in the shape of spontaneous EP or so-calledmini album releases clocking in just under the 40-minute mark, keeping theircontents urgent, immediate and to the point.As with his 2013 EP Odyssey and 2014s Sonne, which were later compiled to a full-lengthrelease titled Odyssey / Sonne in2015, there is a similarly strong synergy between his 2016 mini album NightMelody and this years Articulation made available on CD anddigital formats under the title NightMelody / Articulation on November 25, 2020.His 34-minute, 6-track minialbum Night Melody was born out of and shaped by long hoursworking into the night. Its nocturnal in sound; mysterious in the way that theearly hours so often are. The opening statement Pattern Of The North starts off with a collage of splicedsynth melodies, inspired by anxiety that accompanies going home for Christmas.Its followed by Johannesburg,an early sketch gradually filled o