Her music has been described as ethereal, but it is much more than that. There is nothing floaty or fey about the deep, muscular soundscapes constructed by Vantzou and her collective. She worked on this album over two years with musicians who play percussive and expressive instruments including vibraphone, gong, bells, marimba, harp and synthesizers. The group approached the creation of the eleven tracks here through a process of what Vantzou describes as “prepared spontaneity”, everyone arriving with ideas and knowing those ideas will become something else. The result is an immersive album of remarkable clarity, entirely confident, drawing the listener all the way in.