Musk Ox's debut full-length album, mastered with the bonus track &Lullaby For Ghosts&. Released by Absurdist Records
&Musk Ox delivers a provocative synthesis of European styled folk with a distinctively North American sense of landscape—wide, open, and stretching ever outwards. This is music that relies equally on breath, space, silence, and harmony. These songs maintain a sense of longing and waiting while nonetheless remaining within a state of perfect rest. Rarely does such music expertly negotiate those competing feelings of futurity and antiquity. One of the freshest and most original voices in Neofolk&
- Don Anderson (Agalloch, Sculptured)
&An incredibly cerebral and soothing piece of work...these are 45 of the most enchanting minutes of music you'll hear this side of a magical forest&
- Blabbermouth
&...a modest triumph of a record...we are blindsided by just how awe-inspiring this seemingly simple album becomes&
- Decibel
&It has just the right level of composure and asuterity to remind of times past...a record of poise and depth&
- Terrorizer
released 03 February 2009
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Composed and Performed by Nathanaël Larochette
Classical and Acoustic Guitars, Grand Piano, Choirs and Chants
Melodica, Recorder and Wood Flutes, Glockenspiel, Samples and Ambiance
Produced, and Mixed by Dean Watson and Nathanaël Larochette
The Gallery – Ottawa, ON – Summer/Fall 2007
Mastered by Siegfried Meier at Beach Road Studios
“Lullaby For Ghosts”
Composed and Performed by Nathanaël Larochette
Female Vocals by Shelley Oakes and Karyn Makins
Cello by Lac-Hong Phi
Engineered and Mixed by Simon Larochette
OIART – London, ON – Summer 2008
Assisted by Gareth Auden-Hole
This album is dedicated to the first peoples of turtle island
Layout by Mikko Lehto
Photography by Myra Burrell
Artwork by Jeneen Frei Njootli