Eternity lies within or nowhere, by Canaan Balsam

Eternity lies within or nowhere

by Canaan Balsam

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	1.	Rat in a skull 04:10
	2.	You are the architect of your own utopia 05:28
	3.	A passive apocalypse 05:05
	4.	In a rich man’s house there is no place to spit but his face 04:23
	5.	Eternity lies within or nowhere 06:55
	6.	You fell into a screen as you had no place left to fall 05:09
	7.	I am Skeleton 03:54
	8.	Rehearsals for a ritual never to be performed 03:51
	9.	Requiem for a Wolf 06:04

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Canaan Balsam’s work revolves around the exploration of the dead space between ambient and new age music, the liminal zone between the harshness of industrial, and the beatific serenity of devotional music. ‘Eternity lies within or nowhere’ builds on the themes of loneliness, Isolation, and vulnerability, first explored on their debut album ‘Cruise Utopia’ (Modern Obscure Music). Responding to the context where ever-expanding modes of communication seem only to blur the line between connectivity and solitude, Canaan often returns to the theme of Isolation in his work, creating a deep melancholy - exploring how it can grow and metastasize, until it becomes incommunicable, resistant to empathy; an alien host overtaking the body. Canaan’s considered, emotionally aware experimentations hold that unique power to stop our world dead in its tracks, lulling the listener through the darkness but ultimately towards the light - there is intense hope within Canaan’s work, where pieces guide us through a crushingly low emptiness, but always towards glistening introspective peaks.

“I wanted a music that spoke to solidarity, that in a quiet manner offered solace, a brief step outside of this world - not a meditation, nor a background ambient shimmer, or anything vague. That inspired to an almost religious intensity of serenity. Something with the potential to engender empathy and clarity. A music you could wear like an amulet, like a spell, like a religious medal around your neck. Music as protection.”

Canaan often uses spoken word to further bring his soundscapes to life, but these self penned passages are far from being clumsily walloped vocal tinglers, instead Canaan’s use of voice compliments and contextualizes the states explored within his pieces with hauntingly evocative precision, where carefully curated guest speakers lament a often bleak scene of dread, despair, and longing recollection.

The album culminates with the incredible ‘Requiem for a Wolf’, encapsulating the hints of light that have flickered the album, but blooming them to become 6 minutes of pure celestial minimalism, where bells swing in and out of focus, and radiant zither play looms below Canaan’s swelling ambience.

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released May 19, 2023

Produced and mixed by Canaan Balsam.
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux.
Art design by James Hines and Liam Cosford.
All tracks by Canaan Balsam except for 'I AM SKELETON' by Canaan Balsam / Saint Jude's Infirmary.

'Rat in a skull '- narration by Daniel Mutch.
'You are the architect of your own utopia' & 'A passive apocalypse': narration by Alex Johnston.
'You fell into a screen as you had no place left to fall': narration by Cosima Cobley Carr. 'I am Skeleton': narration by Jack Vettriano, taken from the track by Saint Jude's Infirmary.

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