Certainly you have heard of Celer, maybe you have dealt with one or some of their releases, parts of a considerable discography achieved in five years. This one includes (so far) about thirty works: restricted to the first half of 2009, Will Thomas Long and Dani Baquet-Long (the married couple behind the project) have already realized seven discs (without considering “Four Pieces / Three” on Smallfish, next to be published), among which “Capri” (fascinating and evocative, recorded in the Italian isle) and “Engaged Touches” (all the shades of Celer’s world here).

“Breeze of roses” is dated March 2009, but its origins go back to four years before, outcome of a visit to the Lake Attersea in Austria, where Will and Dani collected recordings using mini-piano, whistles and a cello. These recordings have been resumed and reworked later (in 2007). The result is a unique piece (over forty-seven minutes) which the duo indicates as decomposable in six parts. In fact it’s impossible to detect distinct movements, given that the sequence flows quite uniformly throughout all the duration.

The track opens with landscapes made of echoing patterns, waving like water (one of the elements captured on the scene, another is the blowing wind). Round about the eleventh minute the atmosphere becomes more colourful, a subtle melody creeps into it, the tones are now intense, the echoes more defined. What surprises is the sense of depth that this resonance transmits, as if sounds emerge from a little enclosed space. Furthermore, imagine a constant stream of pulses which inundates you. The second half contains darker nuances: absence of melody, increasing rumblings and (at the end) a penetrating whistle, contribute to give an almost hypnotic listening experience. Although the presence of some compositional elements used in the past by the duo, this work rests upon a simple structure, a few well-chosen components, and probably this makes “Breeze of roses” beautiful, a precious fragment of Celer’s mosaic.
– Spiritual Archive