In one week’s time, the Time Released Sound record label will release *Disintegration*, an album by Swoop and Cross. Swoop and Cross is the name under which the London-based musician Ruben Vale records a mix of classical and ambient, or more to the point a music in which those two finds significant common ground. An advance listen to *Disintegration* is available on Time Released’s [soundcloud.com/time-released-sound](https://soundcloud.com/time-released-sound/swoop-and-cross-stories-of-disintegration-st-no) page. Throughout, solo piano is echoed in myriad ways. There are duplicated lines that suggest a hall of mirrors, and there are faint glimmers that presuppose the presence of an astral accomplice. That latter, ghostly aura lends the already somber, if at times quickly paced, music a nostalgic atmosphere. About two thirds of the way through the track, the piano temporarily disappears, and the glimmer takes over: a hushed, granular cloud through which a flock of birds is heard passing.
More from Time Released Sound at [timereleasedsound.com](http://timereleasedsound.com/). More from Swoop and Cross at [soundcloud.com/swoopandcross](https://soundcloud.com/swoopandcross).