FC8 - Mote by Avi C Engel

Avi C. Engel (they/them) is an independent non-binary musician and visual artist based in Toronto, Canada. Engel has been releasing music since 2004, and they have collaborated with artists from the UK, Mexico, Sweden, and the US.

Despite the fact that the eight songs on Mote are based around voice and acoustic guitar, they defy the singer/songwriter label. Engel’s song-forms are more akin to poetic stanzas than verses or choruses, and their lyrics are rich in imagery that seeks to transcend the self rather than magnify or elevate it.

The nebula-like creature on the album cover (one of Engel’s digitally manipulated photographs) is both celestial and aquatic. Its ambiguous and luminous form simultaneously conjures organic warmth and surreal sublimity - a fitting visual counterpart to the music.

Sister label of Woodford Halse.

Folk / Folk Adjacent music presented on short run lathe cut records and glass mastered CDs.

Submissions open.