PureH is Simon Šerc of Slovenia. He has released Tetragram (PFCD042) on his own PharmaFabrik label, and as far as I can see he played all the instruments, with the exception of drums provided by guest musician Vill Zigon, provided all the field recordings, plus he did his own production and mastering too. And he did the cover photographs of clouds.
It’s encouraging that PureH has an uplifting and benevolent message for mankind; he’s very concerned with the fragile state of the planet, and reminds us of its natural beauty with field recordings of birdsong and water all over the record; and aims to foster a meditative spirit of healing listening through his music, inducing dreamlike and trance states. Despite this invitation that we should join some form of collective or communal spirit, Tetragram doesn’t offer much to engage us in its soft-centred ambient droning and languid instrumentals, some of which are as insipid as background lounge music.
Not unpleasant, but rather self-indulgent and studio-bound; the field recordings don’t reflect the raw truth of nature, but are instead over-worked and sentimentalised, treated as one more cloying layer in the mix. Simon Šerc’s one-man show suggests his ego is kind of getting in the way, and there’s little chance of holding a productive discussion with the man. (06/02/2025)