{"product_id":"mike-gangloff-april-is-passing","title":"Mike Gangloff- April Is Passing ( Vinyl )","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond VHF solo LP from the Pelt\/Black Twigs mainstay, following 2022's acclaimed \"Evening Measures.\" \"April is Passing\" builds on the striking solo Hardanger-style fiddle performances on the previous LP to take the music even further out, with deep drones and extended techniques defining a vocabulary that is Americana-adjacent, but a unique and special sound that Mike is pursuing almost alone. Joined on selected tracks by Cara Gangloff's Sruti and Kaily Shenker's sonorous Cello, the all-original, all-live performances are resonant with both overt melody and a cloud of thick string overtones, whether on the more upbeat tunes like \"Ironto Dancer\" or the epic 11+ minute LP closer \"Helen's Song.\" \"September Air\" is a mournful slow build, the fiddle embroidering a minor-key melody over the drone of the Surti box and a low cello counter point. \"A Fallen Palace of Snowville\" is a solo performance where the additional sympathetic strings of the hardanger fiddle are strongly heard as a ghostly accompaniment, as Mike's elegant melody switches back and forth from minor to major. \"Helen's Song\" closes side 2 with a complex, ever-changing swirl of melodic and harmonic invention, with Mike's keening, languorous bowing leading the way through multiple moods and sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57420619252047,"sku":"783881016512","price":3.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/8725\/2047\/files\/4400164-3318948.jpg?v=1775626702","url":"https:\/\/vibesvinyl.com\/products\/mike-gangloff-april-is-passing","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}