Oftentimes you can find Mr. Keith Kenniff making micro-electro as Helios (whose 2006 album Eingya was my favorites of that year). But here, with The Malady Of Elegance, he resurfaces as Goldmund and instead of the fractured microscopic minimal soundscapes he creates as Helios (whose 2008 album Caesura is equally wonderful), what he gives us is an album worth of flittering solo piano work that reminds me (at least a little) of George Winston (if only because I can’t readily think of any other comparisons). The piano itself has a cold and wintry tone, but something about Kenniff’s playing gives the record more warmth that I expected. It is minimal (as most solo piano work is) but is gauzed with an almost inaudible ambient drone that is somewhat haunting but also full of beauty. His compositions (seemingly) lean towards being fairly unstructured with a percussive element that makes much of the music wonderfully imperfect and alive. The Malady Of Elegance is an album that sorta sounds like falling snow. It is easy to get lost in this.

MP3 | Goldmund – In A Notebook The Malady Of Elegance
MP3 | Goldmund – Clement Danes The Malady Of Elegance

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