Dedicated to the Gods of Thunder in several different folk religions of the past, you could argue Stephan Micus is essentially making worship music. But considering the often contradicting nature of these gods, and the unconventional ensemble of traditional folk instruments (African, Tibetan, Nordic, all of which Micus plays himself incredibly), it's as much a worship of mythology itself, the stories we tell each other to make sense of parts of our universe we don't quite understand yet. That's ... read more