Margaret Hermant’s recent album ‘Freedom’ is one that is tranquil and subdued. During the listening experience you easily get transported to a place of relaxation and it feels like a soundtrack to a mindfulness session. It can only be described as this calm and beautiful nine track piece that has the ability to make you forget your stresses whilst also appreciating it as a work of art. It feels both simple and complex at the same time, for a number of reasons.
Using a mixture of what sounds like real instruments and synth noises, each track blends seamlessly, making it feel like one long soundscape. Those moments of peace aforementioned are punctuated by moments of loudness, more powerful for dramatic emphasis.
Take for example the first track, ‘A Leap Into Silence’ which has a heavenly and ethereal, almost dream-like feel to the opening, but it feels like it keeps building up, eventually reaching the three minute mark when it feels like a release, something epic. As a listener you get the sense that even though there are no lyrics to tell the story, the flow of the album is a tale of its own, very much like a film score.
With the absence of words, it can certainly be up to an individual’s personal judgement, but it seems as though there are louder parts to represent anguish or passion perhaps, immediately juxtaposing the quieter parts that reflect the mellow nature of the tracks that is there consistently.
Though it may not be everyone’s preference, because this isn’t your run of the mill, popular sort of music, it still has a universal appeal. Lots of people will find moments in their life where this type of ambience will perfectly accompany their current situation, and ‘Freedom’ couldn’t be a more stunning example for someone to choose.
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