Ruah

Ruah

Ruah is the experimental post-industrial ambient pop project of Benjamin Schurr (BLIGHT. Records, Luna Honey, Nyxy Nyx, Tadzio).The project takes off from where Schurr’s former project Br’er left off in 2020, marrying dizzying swashes of visceral noise pulsing visceral post industrial rhythms, creaky organic instruments, found sounds and earnest yet absurdist lyrics.  Schurr describes his process  “My aim has always been to merge conflicting sounds, abrasive and beautiful and to see what occurs. Whether it’s been done before is pretty much irrelevant to me, I want to constantly be exploring music and to chase that feeling of wonderment as if I am discovering fire for the first time.”

Smothered and covered is a bridge between the former world that Br’er inhabited and the newer sonic realm of Ruah. Proudly transitional, Schurr states “I want this album to be a palate cleanser and lead people from one world into the next”.

“Ruah is Hebrew for ‘A violent joyous sound or a war cry’ which to me seems like an appropriate trajectory for the project.”

Ruah‘s first full length album “Ruwa” sees producer/songwriter Benjamin Schurr laying the groundwork for the project utilizing various types of analog, warm guttural distortions against hypnotic mantras, speaker rattling bass synths, post-industrial rhythms, ethereal pads and ancient acoustic instruments. “Lyrically I wanted to focus on the power of belief and devotion in the face of a pervasive violent uncertainty. Sonically I wanted to maintain the songcraft I was honing with my old band Br’er but take it into new, unfamiliar realms and make sure that all the sounds felt both unknown to me and also emotionally affecting”.