Named after the Roman goddess of the dawn, ‘Aurora’ is an album of ten instrumental pieces written for a five piece woodwind ensemble with an overall playing time of just 28 minutes.
The Swedish composer is an active member of the Stockholm experimental scene. Normally, Bromander is a bassist but here he plays soprano saxophone, pump organ and percussion.
Each composition is intended to explore a specific theme, mood, or feeling. “I embraced trying to compose music as romantic and beautiful as I was able to” says Bromander.
He likens it to drone music cut up into smaller sections. Some feel like sketches rather than fully evolved compositions. No single track lasts more than three and a half minutes but the pieces compliment one another so it makes more sense to listen to the work as a whole rather than individually.
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Certainly, it doesn’t seem that Bromander set out to make any dramatic impact, the longest track Gently waltzing sums up the slow building, lingering textures.
Free of hooks or beats, there’s a delicate, unhurried quality to the music in which the title of the penultimate piece, A beginning that never ended, matches the overall mood.
Vilhelm Bromander’s website
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