Anne Vanschothorst Builds “RIFF” Into A Fearless, Heart-Pounding, And Immersive Landscape Of Powerful Musical Imagery
- 🌟 Miles Carter
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
By: Miles Carter
Anne Vanschothorst’s “RIFF” delivers a powerful, fearless, and immersive landscape of emotion built on energy, anxiety, euphoria, and remarkable musical imagery.
“RIFF” by Anne Vanschothorst is a creation built on energy, powerful musically driven imagery, and inspiration from some of the greatest poetic works known in our universe.
Recommended listening through over-ear headphones for maximum immersion.
A hum with overlaid notes that reverberate through you is the way “RIFF” bursts into your consciousness. The bellowing note of the bass feels like it’s moving a tone that was already there. It signals the sensation that it didn’t start in our presence. This song was always on. We are just now here to hear it.
The change in pacing and spacing of the notes creates an anxious moment. Anne Vanschothorst’s decision to defiantly not allow you to anticipate the song's next move was brilliant. She makes her intent clear. She is the conductor. This made us focus even harder.
As the notes begin to overlap, they are orchestral, but also colliding into one another. They meet and then expand. The notes then convert into plucking harp passages that quickly deliver a harrowing and heart-pounding rapid-paced display, creating the sensation of a loss of balance and that the notes are swirling past us. It creates anxiety, but the kind that makes you realize that feeling this sensation is more vibrant than any form of peace or stillness.
Anne Vanschothorst Turns "RIFF" Into A Spellbinding Instrumental Journey Where Emotion, Tension, And Euphoria Become Unforgettable.
As the temperament of “RIFF” begins to cascade downward, it feels like we are slowing. The emotional ride becomes gentle and almost like it’s saying goodbye. A fullness of sparkling notes floats before us. Euphoric and exhilarating are the glowing notes. Stillness presents itself, then the notes return.
The quiet notes make you so still and so fixated that you begin to hear your own heart. You refuse to move. You want every sound to procure your thoughts and emotions.
When you anticipate its ending, it refuses to deliver. It returns. It exits. This becomes the other thrilling part of the piece, that its presence has become an addiction. We miss its beauty immediately upon each pause. This was the remarkable and powerful performance that Anne Vanschothorst created with this technique.
Within a song without words, Anne Vanschothorst created an entire landscape of emotions, complete with the inability to control our responses to it, and this was magnificent.
If you appreciate music without limitations by an artist who delivers with fearless energy, then Anne Vanschothorst’s latest release, “RIFF,” is a must-listen.
