Stroom on another one of their famous runs of form at the moment, now adding to their growing list of 2026 highlights the debut collaboration between Nicholas Jaar associate li Wewentxu and Lithuanian multi-instrumentalist, Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė. On the surface, Después de llover appears an unusual connection for the two, given their lack of common ground - on recording they’d only just met and neither could speak the other’s language. What force intuition! Recorded in a single day last summer at Jurgelevičiūtė’s home using just kanklės, txompe, and violin, they at least share an understanding, embracing a wistful lowland psychedelia that echoes the quietly adventurous pastoralism of early Blue Lake and the winding, hypnotic reveries of Michael O’Shea and the spiritual glow of Laraaji. There is no showy-ness here, the two performers instead at ease with just letting the music slowly unfold amidst the joyous flow of plucked strings and gentle harmonic resonances. The spontaneous, instinctive creation of these pieces is crucial to their success, a sense of 'first-thought-best-thought' directed inspiration that puts ultimate trust in the process. No talk, just play, and this is what might come out, music for hours spent wiled away on the breeze of a daydream.
FFO: Blue Lake, Spost, TRjj, Michael O’Shea, Laraaji
