Wake is the collaborative album between Portland musicians and composers Location Services (Mike Grabarek and Joshua Ward) and Derek Hunter Wilson. It is out now via Beacon Sound. According to the press release, it is a distillation and reflection of the work of three Portland musicians thrown, like the rest of the world, into forced isolation by the continually-mutating curse of a natural world in disequilibrium. The product of involuntarily inward-looking emotional landscapes, Wake emerged sounding surprisingly expansive and confident. The trio uses a variety of instruments –including harp, fretless bass, piano, and a variety of synthesizers– to conjure sparkling panoramas of the imagination that are deep-pooled and impressionistic, bracing yet meditative.
Listen below.