1. How The Soul Has Arrived At Understanding Of Her Nothingness
2. Aerumna
3. Into The Abyss Of Perdition
4. Thelema
5. The Heavens Are Parting And The Spirit Descends Like A Dove
6. De Anima
7. The Soul Leaves The Body In Eternal Glory
Design [Graphic Design] – Levi Seeldraeyers, Marijke Loozen Illustration [Drawings] – Wouter Vanhaelemeesch Liner Notes – David Tibet Lute [Solo Lute], Composed By [Palindrome Compositions By] – Jozef van Wissem
“Once some music dropped through my letter-box; let’s summon their sounds into our world now, and deliver their names as Roses or Stations. The picture they imagined was both clear and cryptic: the certainties of the 17th century holding tight the ugly beauty that we now see scattered around us. I loved these CDs by Jozef van Wissem, A Rose by any other Name and Stations of the Cross. And then I received a new album, A Priori, and I immediately played it and heard its stark and repetitive intensity, its stately and glacial march. There is nothing quite like it that I have heard before—it is timeless, breathing deeply and exhaling showers of snow, endless circles, mirrors, spirals, the sea. When Jozef plays the lute, he pours out endless space. What can I say but let the rain come, close your eyes and watch the stars fall and rise and fall again.”
incunabulum records 