Laurine Frost - Maiden LP

'MAIDEN' is Laurine Frost's third instalment of the 'LENA' series (2020) - where the narrative conceptually revolves around the fictional musical journey of his imaginary daughter over the course of a series of albums. ‘MAIDEN' is deemed to be the most intense piece of the series yet, with the figure of the unstable, hesitant protagonist teetering between light and shadow. Dramatic depths and heights, often dark tones, composed chaos and rumbling polyrhythmia - somewhere far on the edge of jazz and rusty contemporary electronica.

Notes by Laurine Frost:

„The thematic focus of this album draws from multiple sources. A utopistic self-revelation that has the purpose to paint imaginary landscapes and surreal scenes, to talk about the past and the future that never occurred or never will, to describe the pure human nature
in its most honest and instinctive form – much like in our dreams.”
– Says the original guide that is meant to help the listener understand the structure and the basic idea behind this series, which is like a portrait that's meant to illustrate a naive artistic narrative of a woman's life, from childhood to old age.

Desiring freedom, craving commitment. MAIDEN aims to represent a woman in her peak with many contradictions and uncertainties. Oppressed by expectations and struggling with the throbbing desire for liberation, the character portrays a convulsive attachment to
something imaginary and intangible. The slow but sure deterioration of her outer beauty cries out for an inner virtue with humility.

I undertake the most difficult task: to shape the woman. Over the course of 5 pieces I tend to enchant and then frighten the listener with all that concise content, stubborn will and instinctive existence that keeps us all alive in one way or another.