Blog: PopMatters

Like a sculptor, Stephan Micus isn't really sure what he's going to make until he's finished. Gustav Mahler once said that bright sunlight can be terrifying. This is probably something that multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus understands. His latest album, Bold as Light, is just as abundant in peaceful harmony as it is in passive-aggressive dissonance. Since Micus wrote and recorded every single note himself, you can count of the magic of overtones to bring his spontaneous pieces to full bloom. Instruments featured include a pipe made from bamboo called the raj nplaim...