Soft Light by Filip Leyman

Pomperipossa Records, the label operated by Anna von Hausswolff, is proud to present the debut solo release by Filip Leyman.

A frequent presence across her discography, Leyman has collaborated with Anna for most of her career and is easily among her closest creative partners.

Over the years, Filip has been accumulating recordings from his live modular sessions without a fixed plan for release. These now form the basis of Soft Light, his debut album.

Soft Light emerges as a bottomless stream that pulls you through rising rhythms and microtonal melodies. This celestial atmosphere is the work of a prodigious composer who conjures and bends sounds at will.

The result of Leyman's tinkering is galaxies away from the sketches on most cutting room floors. Soft Light finds Leyman tempering the wild electronics of his studio equipment into an organic panorama. This control is the hallmark of Leyman's mastery of his craft, as his studio experiments explode with life and depth.

Hovering between dissonant tremors and burning romantic swells, Leyman maintains a supernatural fourth-world logic on the album, casting fugal melodies into trance-like progressions. The winds turn, and gliding string reflections soar in endless half-life, surrounded by sensitive, time-worn ambience.

Filip Leyman is a Swedish musician, composer, and producer. A frequent collaborator with Anna von Hausswolff, his debut solo album Soft Light blends rising rhythms and microtonal melodies from live modular sessions into celestial soundscapes. With over 50 albums produced and music composed for theater and film, Leyman bends sounds into immersive, organic experiences full of depth and life.