Aye! Mirjam Hassig: Coralland

by Bruce Lindsay
December 20, 2021

Coralland is the debut album from Ay��! Mirjam H?ssig, a quartet led by the young Swiss vocalist and composer Mirjam H?ssig. An intense, atmospheric and often haunting recording, it combines original music with original lyrics or with lyrics drawn from classic poetry. The quartet's instrumental mix is unusual: electronic effects, harp and ukulele join a more traditional bass and drums rhythm section to give the music a distinctive sound that is well-matched to H?ssig's emotive vocals. H?ssig wrote ...