Sediment by Reid Willis

Reid Willis, Sediment, A carefully arranged collection of disparate movements, joined and made whole by tendinous themes of birth, erosion, decay and triumphant renewal.

Following ‘Mother Of’, Reid Willis’s previous album released on Mesh, ‘Sediment’ is a painstakingly crafted collection of songs propelled by fundamental notions of rebirth and reinvention. The delicate melding of seemingly disparate sounds echoes the natural phenomena of changing states–of decaying and eroding matter that over time is not lost, but pulverised and transformed into something new.

Each song is in conversation with its own elements and those of subsequent tracks–sometimes in cooperation, sometimes in defiance–creating an LP whose jagged edges beautifully align into a singular entity.
‘I'm always inspired by extremes,’ Willis says. ‘I find as much beauty in sadness and fear as I do in joy and love. I don't think you can have one without the other; each emotion complements and enhances the other.’

In his exploration of polarity, Willis is thoughtful with his symphonic arrangements, leaving spaces within the chaos of sharp, electronic pulses for soft, dreamlike piano melodies that carry the listener from one extreme to the next.