Mostly piano, vocals, efx and unconscious arrangements make up Laila Sakini’s “Vivienne” on Total Stasis.

It asks: what if things were different?

Tender symbols – flowers, butterflies, potion – portray an idealised life.

But within a scene of ennui, waiting, in-between feelings are held, release comes with a sigh.

In this ever-shifting landscape, these sentiments are imbued within Laila’s oneiric compositions to form a fittingly hypnotising embrace.

Unfettered and reflective, Laila etches this fantasy with a reality more interested in the delicate and impromptu specifics of time than compositional rigour.[info sheet from distr.]