Mimyriad (Mimir)


Opprobrium:

Supergroups don't come much more super than Mimir: Christoph Heemann and
bro Andreas Martin (H.N.A.S.), Ed Ka-Spel (Legendary Pink Dots) and Jim
O'Rourke (Gastr del Sol, Brise-Glase, collaborations with Kaiser, Prevost,
Null, Muller, extensive solo output) all teaming up for Mimyriad, one
49-minute track of gliding tonal float. It's possible to hear elements of
all three creative axes - HNAS's piercing, swooping drone, Ka-Spel's
flubbering weirdness, and O'Rourke's sourceless, motionless sound - but the
beauty of it all is the editing [accomplished by Christoph Heemann], which
makes radical direction changes seem rational whilst allowing them to
somehow return to their proper impact and which juxtaposes many disparate
elements, blending them into one seamless, fluid whole.

N D:

A so well executed and thought out that it leaves a residue of feeling
like it is a rare jewel sitting behind glass, so close yet unreachable.
Still, the jewel is stunning, possessing both reflective musical
distraction and also clear depth to hypnotize with possibility. The
majority of the disc is the ultra spacey terrain laid out on the first
release, but where that was like being cut from the ship to float
eternally, this one at least gives you a propulsion pack to create some
direction. The recording is nicely bookended with elegant classic euro
art-rockish passages featuring very groovy acoustic guitar riffing. A
beautiful recording all in all.