Lithic by Laura Misch
Lithic is a cave borne out of emotions and elemental forces. Sound and existential thought echo through its chasms and ancient history lingers within the stone. It is fractured by age, eroded by weather and awakened by voice, body and breath. It traces sound back to its primal origins, unearthing music that is summoned from beneath the ground and from the darkest parts of ourselves.
London-based saxophonist, producer, singer-songwriter and field recordist Laura Misch’s acclaimed debut album Sample of Sky (2023) suspends high above ground in clouds of sound, followed by its acoustic sister-album Sample of Earth (2024) reimagined and regrown amongst the soil. Her forthcoming new album Lithic (2026) is informed by stone, water, lightning and wind, journeying through deep time and into the murky depths of the psyche in the dawn of a new sonic Stone Age.
Tracklist
| 1. | Breathing | |
| 2. | Kairos | |
| 3. | Echoes | 3:07 |
| 4. | Siren | |
| 5. | Scrolls | |
| 6. | Soften | |
| 7. | Circle | |
| 8. | For(r)est | |
| 9. | Jealousea (ft. Alfa Mist) | |
| 10. | Mythic | |
| 11. | Shell | |
| 12. | Spiral | |
Credits
Lithic was produced by Laura Misch and Matt Karmil.
Recorded across various quarries, cliffs and caves of Cornwall, a treehouse at Kudhva, between Tinos in the Cyclades and Old Carpet Factory Studios in Hydra, Unwound Studios in Deptford, in the pebble desert of Dungness. Mixed, weathered through tape machines at Brewery Studios in Berlin.
Engineered by Laura Misch, Matt Karmil, Adam Jaffrey and Vasilis Korres.
Mixed by Matt Karmil Assisted by Alf McMorrow Mastered by Erik Breuer.
License
All rights reserved.
Laura Misch is a South-London born saxophonist, singer-songwriter, electronic producer and field recordist.