Beast of Bodmin Moor

September 2019 - Independent Released on Labor Day, 2019, The album features collaborations with composer and media artist Michael Drews, composer and performer Eric Salazar, and Boston-based digital glitch artist Allison Tanenhaus. The album contains 7 tracks featuring deep drone/ambient landscapes, beat driven electronica, chorale work, and Bielmeier performing on processed lap steel and vocals.The album is thematic named after the phantom wild cat purported to live in Cornwall, England. In 1978, Bodmin Moor became the center of purported cats sightings and occasional reports of mutilated slain livestock. The alleged panther-like cats indigenous to the region became popularly known as the Beast of Bodmin Moor. The Beast is an allegory for fear in our daily lives and how it effects our decisions, society, and purpose. The album sonically explores the states of anxiety, uncertainty, hope, and transfiguration.