Negotiations

Description

The fifth full-length album written, recorded, and produced by The Helio Sequence.

Negotiations grew out of improvisations and abstract sketches synth loops and jams influenced by the minimalist ambience of Roedelius and Manuel Göttsching.

Tempering the free-form approach was Summers and Weikels meticulous attention to production and arrangement, which took cues from the subtlety and detail of Brian Eno and late-era Talk Talk.

Lyrically, Summers affirmed the improvised ethos, working deep into the night ad-libbing alone in front of the mic, drawing on the starkness and understated romanticism of Sinatras Capitol-era suicide albums.

This collection of shimmering, reverb-heavy songs is a meditation on those inner dialogues (hence Negotiations) with solitude, memory, misgivings, loss, atonement, acceptance and hope. Most of all, its a record that serves as a testament to the beauty, blessing, and excitement of a fresh start.