CVX – Zibaldone I Of CVX

Keen collaborator and studio experimentalist Rupert Clervaux returns for an expansive collection of cosmic, captivating experiments on the Laura Lies In imprint. His unique approach to production and arrangement offers a listening experience that’s truly avant-garde.

Clervaux flexes skill for dream-like arrangements to span across different ideas in one long piece. He mixes percussive workouts, dubbed out electronics, and passages of spoken word into thought-provoking passages, expertly produced and brimming with analogue warmth.

‘Zibaldone of CVX’ doesn’t offer a clear narrative, but more a collection of ideas entangled together. Free jazz merges into hip-hop, philosophy with sci-fi electronics, Cut Hands-esque percussion jams and an extended Angie Stone edit. The range of sounds make for a bizarre and disorienting listen, but while it’s not one for the faint hearted the payoff is really worth it. An inspiring and otherworldly listen.

The 12’ record comes with a stamped print poster courtesy of Coline Cornélis.