Cellist and composer Janel Leppin returns with Slowly Melting, the simultaneously released solo companion to her Ensemble Volcanic Ash: Pluto in Aquarius set. Leppin plays cello, guitar, bass, a Prophet-Five synth, and piano in compositions, improvisations, and soundscapes for cello. Over eight pieces recorded at The Brink in Richmond, Virginia, and one at Janel’s Room studio, she articulates a genreless space where her own musical obsessions including jazz, chamber music, experimental improvisation, and rock, become a holistic entity greater than the individual parts.
Opener “Zonk” weds plucked cello strings, guitar, droning synth, and distortion; Leppin finds subtle melodies that emerge under the primary theme; spaces and textures wind around…

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