Rothko - Eleven Stages Of Intervention

Following releases on such visionary labels as Foundry, Lo, Bella Union, Too Pure and Kraak, Bip_Hop is pleased to announce the release of Rothko's newest 10-track album. Following collaborations with Susumu Yakota (Distant Sounds Of Summer) and Caroline Ross (A Place Between), Rothko continue to create a warm and inviting sound, where solitary keyboard melodies develop out of exploratory passages, and fragile beauty intertwines effortlessly with somber basslines. Where Rothko's 2002 Too Pure CD ‘A Continual Search For Origins’ is said to find its base in leader Mark Beazley's visits to Switzerland, ‘Eleven Stages Of Intervention’ immediately points listeners to a similar mapping of interpersonal relationships, stories and insights. 'Sit In Silent Thought' (a full-band reworking of the track from last year’s ‘Personal Account Of Conflict’ EP) and 'Break The Cycle Of Sorrow' (revisiting ‘Dreams For An End To Sorrow’ on 2003's ‘Wish For A World Without Hurt’) act as familiar, yet renewed and redrawn pages in the Rothko sound-diary. 'Weather Every Storm' along with 'Give.Every.Thing' and 'Watch The Black Sun Fade' are additional stand-out tracks. The music of Rothko at equal turns challenges and comforts the listener, seeming at first perhaps confrontational, before ultimately becoming  nurturing. Familiar passages evolve from their improvisational ether, as healing follows conflict. ‘Eleven Stages Of Intervention’ -- the band's eleventh full-length release -- adds much to Rothko's already innovative and impressive catalogue.

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