Colin H. van Eeckhout's penchant for mysticism has never been hidden, and from his own monastic perspective, the Amenra singer's link to the world lies at the crossroads of light and shadow. However thin this junction may be, it ultimately forms a single membrane.
From the subsoil rises a buzzing, a continuous vibration to which the stone proceeds in a ritual, punctuated by organic hammering, a detail of the moment in circular gestures. It's a body of music in which Colin constructs, dismantles, reassembles, experiments with and perceives his own sonic environment through his visions, a vital impulse imbued with a natural, determined energy. From this refuge, outside time, there is a path that leads to it, that of Calvary, a reference to Christ but also to human suffering. Colin knows every step of the way. Splendour and desolation. It is through the title Eternit that he crystallises the accomplishment of a personal pilgrimage, a metanoia. Inspired by the art brut of Jean-Marie Massou, the rolling of the stones leads to the gallows and its symbolism, which Colin carries on his back, as well as being, in its sacred dimension, the torment and sentence for everyone here below. A transitory reprieve that keeps the shadows alive.
Assisted by Tim De Gieter and Seth Manchester on the mix ( Lingua Ignota, Upper Wilds), Kalvarie is the stumbling block in the parallel career of Amenra's frontman. Texts declaimed in French, poetic and prophetic. A step towards death like the fracture of a body giving in. From this lair, all you can see is the end of the day. Matt Colton's mastering puts the finishing touches to this monolith. To the rolling stone of the Holy Sepulchre, which reveals the tomb, Colin adds the thud of the rock, combined with an evasive drone layer. In the space of 15 minutes, the sundial has gone from dusk to dawn, and borders have vanished into thin air.
