Jacob Long’s newest recordings under the Earthen Sea moniker deepen his compelling synthesis of shadowy rhythms and opaque atmospherics, drawing on the most potent qualities of melancholic ambient and dub techno.
“An Act Of Love” follows 2015’s “Ink,” released via
Ital’s Lovers Rock imprint, and was inspired by internal tribulations and the
experience of exploring an empty nocturnal metropolis. Careful waves of tones
drift and decay; beats materialize and pulse across twilit landscapes; a noir
mood reigns. Given Long’s background as bassist for revelatory tribal-punk
trio Mi Ami, “An Act Of Love” showcases a musician in the midst of
transcendent redefinition, crafting an
immersive language of texture and motion.
From Jacob Long:
This record was made over the course of the most emotionally difficult and
stressful year in my life thus far. As such, it is both a reflection of that
experience and also something that gave me space to begin working through issues
to see a way forward, to a better place both psychically and physically.
An idea that was also central to my thoughts while creating the album was the concept and reality of being out in the city at night, wandering around a large urban area after dark – the contrast of empty streets but with life still going on all around, and the openness and possibilities that can bring. This music was an attempt to capture that feeling.