‘Strange Waves’ released on Ergodos Records

Ed’s new album with cellist Kate Ellis ‘Strange Waves’ has just been released on Ireland’s Ergodos records. Described by the Whole Note as "multiple cellos blending in a dreamlike texture of glissandos and drones creating a foggy haze [...] A truly meditative experience”, ‘Strange Waves’ was conceived and written during the 2020/21 lockdowns for Kate Ellis and is a substantial and immersive concert length work featuring visuals by Laura Sheeran.

Ergodos on the release:

Ergodos is proud to announce the release of "Strange Waves", an enveloping new record from cellist Kate Ellis and composer Ed Bennett. A large-scale work in six parts, "Strange Waves" blends music for eight cellos with field recordings made on the County Down coast and on Ireland’s northernmost island, Rathlin, in the North Atlantic.

The music unfolds with an extraordinary sense of inevitability: Dense constellations of rapid figures evolve into rich, swirling synth-like textures. Ravishing microtonal sonorities overlap hypnotically with the steady pulse of lapping waves. Surreal chorales are revealed slowly, deliberately – at once mysterious and reassuringly, uncommonly elegant.