AboveBelow, by andrew sherwell

AboveBelow

by andrew sherwell

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Full Digital Discography

12

releases

Get all 12 andrew sherwell releases available on Bandcamp.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Live - Courier Dispatch 3, Invocation of Deities Through Ritual Instruments, antiphon, The Book of Trinkets, AboveBelow, The Working of Dust, Without, Home Diaries 004, and 4 more. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

£5 GBP or more

1.	AboveBelow 01 10:35	buy track
2.	AboveBelow 02 07:20	buy track
3.	AboveBelow 03 07:13	buy track
4.	AboveBelow 04 05:48	buy track
5.	AboveBelow 05 06:11	buy track
6.	AboveBelow 06 05:24	buy track

about

And so it is.

“Let’s try something, shall we?”

Sitting at the desk with a cushion on the chair, I could see well enough as I looked around at the library. Book-lined walls with nooks containing gold-framed portraits of saints, angels, and martyrs. The longcase clock in the corner. I swivelled the chair to watch Grandfather as he walked round the room, lighting candles. As he reached the doors to the garden and started to draw the curtains, I could see the sun dipping below the western horizon, a shimmering gold disk. It looked immense.

As Grandfather continued to circle the room, the growing candlelight burnished the golden frames, a warm glow. The faces of the portraits, so stylised and still in the daylight, seemed now alive and vital.

“Mind the chair doesn’t tip,” he said without looking. It never did. The circular rug that the huge desk was sitting on in the middle of the room saw to that. He lit the final candle on the mantelpiece at the opposite end of the room to the curtains and stooped to poke idly at the fire.

“Are you ready?”

I nodded. He lit one last candle, the one on the desk, a wide, short thing he had brought back from Russia. I could tell by the script carved around its base.

“Then we shall begin. Stare at the flame, try not to blink. I will walk round the room again, and you, you concentrate, and then, well, then we’ll see. No sneaking a peek now!”

I nodded ascent and began to stare. Of course, I did. I always followed Grandfather’s instructions. As did almost everybody else.

I concentrated on the flame. Grandfather spoke, but what, I cannot remember. Then I heard him move. He stopped, spoke again, and walked slowly on. Now I lost track of him, lost to the flame. The flickering grew brighter and brighter, the darkness around me swelled. Suddenly, I was aware that the blackness held within it colours that changed in waves. But still I stared. And then I could smell…Grandmother’s perfume, a bonfire of leaves, then new-mown grass, freshly fallen snow…. I tried desperately hard to remember them all, I knew that this was something Grandfather would want to know.

I awoke sometime later. Grandfather had draped a travel blanket across my shoulders. It was warm and tickly. When he saw me stir, he got up from his chair by the dying fire. “Bed, I think, yes?”

As he tucked me in, I told him of the colours (gold, blue, red, and green) and the smells, although by then I couldn’t be certain of any. He smiled. “Good.”

In the doorway, he stopped, silhouetted against the landing light. “Next time, no candle. You are ready to see.”

He was right. I did. I still see them now.

As above, so below.

credits

released May 4, 2021

Originally released December 4, 2020 on the excellent Shimmering Moods Records

Music & artwork – Andrew Sherwell
Mastering – Stephan Mathieu

With thanks to Ophelia, Cameron, James Armstrong, Steve Fors, Paul SMR, and Stephan Mathieu for constant support and friendship.

license

about

andrew sherwell London, UK

"As the shadows closed in, the stars came out"
Derek Jarman

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact andrew sherwell

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

andrew sherwell recommends:

Chimères (pour ondes Martenot)
by Christine Ott

Beautiful music created with care. The already haunting sounds of the Ondes Martenot with outboard effects to produce something extra special. Like everything on Nahal Recordings, highly recommended. andrew sherwell
go to album
A State Of Decrepitude
by Wanderwelle

Haunted and haunting sounds of a deserted dreamscape. andrew sherwell
go to album
Black Rain
by Krzysztof Kotlinski

Mesmerising album. Densely textured. deeply atmospheric and emotionally gripping. Sounds like a lost classic from the birth of 'acoustic-doom'. So, so good! andrew sherwell
go to album

If you like andrew sherwell, you may also like:

Illuminations II (The New Year 2018 charity compilation)
by Various Artists

supported by 22 fans who also own “AboveBelow”

Absolutely gorgeous and sometimes haunting instrumentals. What a stellar collection. Jean-Paul DuQuette
go to album
Sound Installation For Empty Rooms
by Music For Sleep

supported by 19 fans who also own “AboveBelow”

We have this album on more than we can say....as a soundtrack for a 'room' we listen as such- a perfect soundscape for thinking, not thinking, doing, not doing........ss/am editions vaché
go to album
Nine Spells
by Jolanda Moletta

Multimedia artist Jolanda Moletta creates a gorgeous ambient tribute to her female ancestors solely from her own vocals. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 12, 2022
go to album