Album Notes

"The sensual, otherworldly soundscapes found on Mahri Autumn’s Ri-Solv reveal plenty about digital-era music-making: while the bulk of the album was crafted by Autumn in her Wollongong home studio, embellishments were added by Brian Siskind, in New York, without actually meeting the gifted Ms Autumn. He also mixed the album. And if it’s indeed possible to sound familiar yet new at the same time, Autumn has achieved just that, as she channels such timeless voices as Linda Thompson and Sandy Denny, while simultaneously nodding in the direction of 21st century free spirits Ani DiFranco and Sarah Blasko, amongst others.
—Jeff Apter, author of A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley

Mahri Autumn defies musical boundaries. A natural integration of  folk,  indie rock, classical, world music & sound design.
Lush accordian drones,  ambient piano, Egyptian percussion, guitar, sounds & unearthly vocal harmonies. The lyrics are melodic mantras embedded in complex rhythmic structures. Love, death, transformation, gender, religion and politics laid bare.

Created largely on my own but with inspiration, sound additions,  mixing and mastering from New York based musician/producer  Brian Siskind (FOGNODE) (Siskind has also worked with  Michael Schrieve (Santana), Bela Fleck and Clare Burson as well as having a wonderful body of his own work)

Formed in the ether between the cultural frontier (Wollongong, Australia) and one of the centres of global culture (NYC). The result is something other than either.

I have been holed up in an unassuming suburban house, perched under the astounding Mt Keira, surrounded by exotic percussive instruments, permanently plugged into my Mac and obsessively watching my inbox for  too long.
It is time to head out of the studio and offer ri-solv to the world……… I hope you enjoy it : )