Marcel Sletten – “Your Love”

Marcel Sletten, who runs the label Primordial Void and released one of our favorite ambient albums last year is back with a new album entitled Irish Words and a Bottle of Myrrh, to be released on his own label on February 25th. Petal Motel is pleased to share the first single, “Your Love” from the album. Listen here:

“Your Love” was recorded in late 2021 at my home in Athens, Georgia. This one’s definitely inspired by Satie. I’d like to produce more tracks in this style, I think. It’s kind of like Irish Words’ centerpiece; it’s more of a “heartbreak anthem” than any other track on the album.

Marcel Sletten

Recorded over the course of two years, Marcel Sletten’s Irish Words and a Bottle of Myrrh is a sprawling double album that sounds unlike anything the Athens, Georgia artist has ever released. The 16-track collection possesses strong jazz and classical influences, and blends an array of styles ranging from synth funk (“Myth”) to drone metal (“Void of Light”).

“I was listening to a lot of Prince, Stevie Wonder, and Al Green during the recording of Irish Words,” Sletten says. “I wanted to make an electronic album that combined the raw energy of soul music with the spirit of piano pieces by composers such as Béla Bartók and Morton Feldman.”

Irish Words serves as the follow-up to last year’s Vicious Kisses. The album’s cover art was designed by London artist Susu Laroche.

Pre-order the album here.