“The Hollow is one of the more deeply inspired collaborations of all time. Dark drones and psychoactive overtone vocals. Enchanting.”
The centerpiece of The Hollow is the nearly twenty-four minute “Vanishing Flame,” a remarkably slow and evolutionary work with the sound of running water and rain melding seamlessly with drones and Cole’s vocal magic.
“Dark Swirl” is a total immersion into the best kind of deep space music, as inky black smoky drones pour into overtone singing. This is followed by the delicate “Aspire,” on which Mathias brings a fragile sense of beauty to his keyboards….Mathias Grassow and Jim Cole have given us a modern masterpiece.
~ Bill Binkelman, Wind and Wire
On The Hollow, Cole teams up with German ambient synthesist Mathias Grassow for a collaboration that brings out the absolute finest in both musicians…. Instrumentation is primarily synths, flute, singing bowls, with Cole’s harmonic overtone singing and tamboura; guest musicians contribute glass harp, bow chimes, didgeridoo and percussion. In addition, field recordings are used generously to add effects and atmosphere, as on the opener “Spring Dawn” where the sound of a stream, rain, birds, and insects introduce the powerful drones…
~ Peter Thelen, Exposé
Deep – Breath – Silence
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