Beautumn - nagual

FUSE068 Beautumn - lieu-dit https://fuselab.bandcamp.com/album/lieu-dit Beautumn is an ambient side project by Nizhny Novgorod-based artist Alexander Ananyev (Sleepy Town Manufacture) Beautumn’s previous album, *Bordeaux*, was released 10 years ago, in 2016, on the Infraction label. After a while, Alexander wrote some more tracks and wanted to release a follow-up EP titled *Burgundy*, since he was already on a wine theme. But it didn’t work out, and over the years, as Beautumn revisited these tracks, he thought it was a shame they were still unavailable. As time went on, Alexander recorded more music that matched the mood, so it feels like the release has come together nicely and is now ready. (A well-aged record in a way) Beautumn decided to call it “lieu-dit”- a term also from the world of wine, but here it works on a second level; it literally means “a named place.” It’s a beautiful idea that you can name a place, giving it power and meaning through a word. It’s the same with this music - Alexander likes to think that he is defining boundaries with sound and inviting listeners to a specific place and state of mind. cover photo by Sonia Skobeleva