Boomkat: “Glacial, spiky, trance-inducing new ensemble works from Lea Bertucci, featuring two extended compositions for harp, strings, percussion and electronics, layered into swirls of gaseous texture and sharp tonality. Highly recommended electroacoustic dreamweaving, tipped if you’re into Lucy Railton, Leila Bordreuil, Alvin Lucier.

There isn't anything on Lea Bertucci's excellent last solo album 'A Visible Length of Light' that would give much of a hint as to where she would go next. On 'Of Shadow and Substance', she takes foundational blocks cast on her jaw-dropping 'Murmurations' collaboration with Ben Vida to formulate new material that's deep and invigorating. The same unusual, real-time mixing techniques are put into practice on the title track ‘Of Shadow and Substance’, working into elements provided by bassist Henry Fraser, cellist Lester St. Louis, harpist Lucia Stravros and percussionist Matt Evans. “It is a meditation on time travel” Bertucci tells us, asking the listener to consider the way events from the past propel themselves into the future. Towards the end of the 22 minute piece, all those frayed elements coalesce into a stunning Raga-esque exhalation that’s emotionally and spiritually engrossing”

New release on Cibachrome Editions.