Vaev – Drømmenes Spejl (Album – Winter-Light)
Genre/Influences: Cinematograpic, Dark-Ambient.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Vaev is a Danish solo-project, unleashing its official debut work on Winter-Light. Vaev (‘web’ in English) has been inspired by personal depression, the music being a perfect cure to give it a place. Notice by the way the album has been mastered by Peter Andersson (Raison d’Être).
Content: The sound universe of this artist has something pretty intimate, this feeling being accentuated by sounds reminding me of the melancholia of cello and the solemnity of trumpet. The sphere has something pretty Cinematographic although also Dark-Ambient like for the hostile passages.
+ + + : I like the obscure reverie of this work and especially both debut tracks are excellent. The atmosphere reflects sadness, but still a kind of abyssal sensation. “Fornægtelse” is another noticeable cut for its visual strength leading the listener to face his darkest demons. The album is also characterized by an ‘authentic’ touch through the ‘classical’ sounds of cello, trumpet and guitar.
– – – : The album reveals heights and lows, but globally speaking this is a promising debut.
Conclusion: Depression and internal struggles have been a perfect inspiration –and cure, to accomplish this Dark-Ambient opus.
Best songs: “Harpokratesprotokollen”, “Glemmebøgerne”, “Fornægtelse”.
Rate: 7.
Artist:
Label: www.winter-light.nl / www.facebook.com/winter.light.1
About Vaev
Vaev, written Væv, is the solo project of a Danish artist working in dark ambient and drone. The name means “web” in Danish, and the project uses it for the threads the artist describes as woven between daily life and inner development.
“Drømmenes Spejl” is the debut album and was released on 22 October 2021 by the Dutch label Winter-Light. It holds seven tracks: “Glemmebøgerne”, “Harpokratesprotokollen”, “Troværdige svigt”, “Mørk som flint”, “Fornægtelse”, “Gilbjerg” and “Nye tider, nye guder”. Peter Andersson, who records as Raison D’Etre, carried out the K-14 level mastering in 2021, and Midnight Sun Studio produced the cover artwork and design.
The artist states the record “was produced during a very turbulent time in my life” and describes it as a reflection of a personal depression, adding the hope that the pieces “may bring comfort to other suffering souls who find them”. The label describes the album as a contrast of dark ambience, sombre melodies, dark jazz and minimal drones.
Discogs holds no entry for this project. The listings under the same name belong to a Berlin-based act, so the details above come from the Winter-Light release page. Side-Line has no earlier coverage of the artist.
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