Rauelsson´s “NIU” is out today as limited CD edition of 150 with handmade book packaging and as limited LP edition of 250 (grey vinyl) with handmade textile-cardboard packaging, available at Sonic Pieces.

VORA – MIRALL – NIU
Rauelsson’s solo discography for Sonic Pieces, Design by Studio Torsten Posselt

NIU, Rauelsson’s third solo album for Sonic Pieces focuses on simplicity and minimalism. It recalibrates his love for ambient with an austere approach that conjures an atmosphere of silence and solitude. On NIU, the artist has traded his craft for shimmering layers of sound clusters and electronic editing in favor of a predominantly raw and acoustic recording.

Recorded primarily in Sofia and Berlin and mixed at Saal 3 of Funkhaus Berlin, NIU presents a 9-song journey that includes orchestral compositions, delicate synth miniatures, and sparse brass and woodwind drones with room for spoken word and a hint of psychedelic noir fable. The result is an album that, despite the eclectic choice of instrumentation, paints a landscape of spiritual clarity; an album that without being typically classical, still feels like a classical album.

“Rauelsson‘s set is more than one thing; it’s modern composition, it’s electronic, it’s poetry. Depending on one’s point of entry, it may seem like different animals when it is instead a single creature. The tapestry of sounds forms a harmonious whole.” – @acloserlisten

“A gripping, contemplative masterpiece.” – De Subjectivisten