LEILA ABDUL RAUF - Distortions In Phantasy III: Suspension (Official Video)

Taken from: LEILA ABDUL-RAUF “Phantasiai” CD/LP (170th Cycle) Available via Bandcamp: Cyclic Law’s Website: 4th full length opus from California’s genius multi-instrumentalist Leila Abdul-Rauf. “Phantasiai“, in Hellenistic philosophy, are our impressions, the ways in which the world is represented through our senses, preceding actual thoughts. This is where music-making lies; in the space between senses and thoughts, having the power to express where words fall short. This new album is comprised of two suites, each containing four movements, composed almost entirely from modulated live trumpet, glockenspiel, and vocal performance, an album which Leila believes to be the coldest and most sinister she’s released under her name to date. The first suite, “Distortions in Phantasy,” describes a character being seduced and consumed by a powerfully addict