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Spiritual Decay

by Ludwig Wandinger

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about

The name of many talents - Ludwig Wandinger - has been echoing in the experimental scene for quite some time. This comes as no surprise, as the already renowned Berlin based polymath channels his full-time effort partly into playing live drums, producing his and other people's music and creating multidisciplinary visual art. Following multifaceted solo projects on labels Average Negative/Alpha Pup Records and Orange Milk Records, Gin&Platonic are delighted to present Ludwig's exceptional sophomore full-length album 'Spiritual Decay'.

Entitled after a phrase from a novel by William S. Burroughs, Spiritual Decay was written between late 2020 and early 2021 in a kitchen with just a laptop. The album marks a significant shift from Ludwig's previous records which were packed with vivid sound-design-based IDM, profusely saturated with energetic elements of free jazz and the mindset of improvised acoustic music.
As Ludwig describes, for each new record, he tends to find himself falling naturally into unique and unknown conceptual approaches which lead him to constantly question his own ideas when making music. Besides the intentional leaning towards simplicity, which could perhaps be better described as a raw in-the-moment attitude towards production, Ludwig masterfully maintains an alluring, even magnetic, emotional narration. The numbing melodies of Spiritual Decay float laboriously through the unbearable shine of a glistening day, but happen to leave deep scratches on one's soul just like a sharp freezing gust on an unprotected cheek in the gloom of early January.
Slow transition from tremendous hope outweighed eventually by the undefinable emptiness of loss soaks through the elongated tones one by one, condensing into an absolute essence of a transformation. This record might be the epitome of our perception of uncertain longing in both its escapism and its bliss.

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released September 18, 2022

Written & produced by Ludwig Wandinger
ludwigwandinger.com

Mastered by Rashad Becker

Artwork by Jiri Macku
jirimacku.tumblr.com

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