Ruth Goller
SKYLLA LP
IARCLP91
INTERNATIONAL ANTHEMS RECORDING COMPANY
129
- A1: Often They Came To Visit, Even Just To See How She Was (M1)
- A2: In More Turbulent Times, She Managed To Take The Perfect Shot (M4)
- A3: What’s Really Important She Wanted To Know - Part 1 (M6)
- A4: What’s Really Important She Wanted To Know - Part 2 (M7)
- A5: What’s Up Is Not What’s Real Most Of The Time (M5)
- B1: When They Came Closer She Realised They Were Alien Creatures (M3)
- B2: The Shine Of Gold Was Too Strong (M8)
- B3: When She Curled Up They Started Dancing (M2)
- B4: He Was Painting Her Face With Colours She Had Never Seen (M9)
- B5: I Is One (M10)
Skylla is the debut solo recording of Italian-born and London-based composer, bassist, and vocalist Ruth Goller. This
album of otherworldly detuned bass harmonics and dense vocal arrangements was initially released in 2021 by longtime collaborator Bex Burch's Vula Viel Records, and quickly went out of print. Since then Goller's notoriety has only grown, and her follow-up record, SKYLLUMINA, was released by International Anthem in early 2024 and met with high praise.
Skylla is the genesis of her sound, and it is a sound that is hard to place. Listeners could be convinced that these recordings came out of contexts as disparate as 80s Downtown NYC or some mysterious Bjork-adjacent project of the Icelandic 2010s. It's hard to imagine a person making this music despite the fact that its elements are instantly recognizable.
