Bora Yoon – “O viridissima virga”

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While avant garde singer/composer Bora Yoon is an impressively high-concept artist, Sunken Cathedral, her new CD of dreamscapes, remains a remarkably accessible endeavor. Underpinned in quiet, buzzing electronics, “O viridissima virga” unfolds like a hypnotic, heavenly raga, combining astral organs with bells, nature sounds and entrancing chant. The combined effect is one of calm but, as the unassuming sounds become more and more complex, the engagement becomes more and more complete. Yoon recommends listening in hi-def headphones and I agree: This is the sort of thing that, through the right speakers, can quietly melt the surrounding world away.