Swoop and Cross 'On the Grounds of Indecency' [CS]

'On the Grounds of Indecency' is the new album by Copenhagen-based Portuguese artist Swoop and Cross (Ruben do Vale). Merging neoclassical, ambient and drone textures, Ruben crafts intimate and emotional soundscapes blending piano, field recordings, virtual instruments, electronics and effects.

The album is inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go – a book that unsettled Ruben to his core and led him to revisit, reframe, and reimagine his own past. The record unfolds as a deeply personal meditation on memory and fragility, moving from delicate piano performances to dense, layered soundscapes, soaked in reverb and dirtied by tape grit and warble.

The pieces evolve patiently, exploring the fragile lines between beauty and unease, consonance and dissonance, inviting the listener to reflect and linger.