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Nov 16, 2012Certainly The Mystery of Heaven is a standalone recording and is to be enjoyed on its own.
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Nov 16, 2012An expanded look at this duo's heady, cinematic interplay likely would make for even stronger results.
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Nov 16, 2012Like any good ongoing collaboration, theirs is already moving beyond its initial definition, gone past the novelty of lutist and filmmaker into something more enduringly interesting.
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Nov 16, 2012Just five tracks, each piece from The Mystery of Heaven resonates the way a film score does--with grandiose, cinematic, room-shaking effect.
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Dec 7, 2012At its best, this music feeds into a similar sentiment, pushing close to the kind of deep introspection at the heart of Jarmusch's films.
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The WireDec 5, 2012As on their first album, he [Jim Jarmusch] blows gusts of electric noise through the open spaces in van Wissem's patiently articulated structures. [Nov 2012, p.67]
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UncutDec 11, 2012[van Wissem's] solemn, minor-key lute lines become ensnared in Jarmusch's riptide of guitar feedback and fading chords. [Jan 2013, p.74]