Many of our most favorite artists go through complete rebirths, emerging from their silkspun cocoons with fury and intent. While simultaneously nurturing their craft and shedding their skin, these artists are able to reinvent themselves and create life-defining works of art. With that in mind, we are honored to premiere “Lord of Misrule,” from Brooklyn-based project Octonomy.
The track serves as the first single from Saturnalian Rites, a new album due out digitally on March 13th, and on vinyl via Hosianna Mantra Recordings, a Brooklyn-based label specializing in obscure, esoteric, and spiritual music. After a lengthy hiatus from recording and performing, Octonomy, also known as the solo project of Brooklyn-based sound artist Heidi Lorenz, has crafted an album of remarkable, otherworldly beauty. Not quite a single so much as a ecstatic reawakening, “Lords of Misrule” clocks in just over seven minutes, with steady, throbbing metallic grooves laying the bedrock for a glorious sensory covenant.
As the track builds, warm pads and heavy drones give way to gorgeous ethereal vocalizations that transcend and transform genres into a powerful statement of intent. The track delivers on a variety of wonderful influences, including, but not limited to, the rhythmic allure of Edgar Froese and Zero Kama as well elegant beauty of This Mortal Coil and Black Tape For a Blue Girl. Saturnalian Rites, as a whole, expands on these touchstones to incorporate touches of dark ambient, early music, and neo-classical, and stands to be the project’s most fully realized recording to date.
Lorenz offers a few words about the track:
Pre-orders for Saturnalian Rites are live, including the LP edition, which is limited to 150 copies. Listen to “Lord of Misrule” and pre-order the album here.
