In Renewal Manifestation, Calum Builder embarks on a kind of instrumental necromancy, approaching the organ like an undead spirit – a ‘monster being taught how to breath and sigh’, as he puts it. Like the draugr of Norse mythology or the Icelandic aptrganga (‘again-walker’), or the Celtic barrow-wight, Builder’s organ is reanimated, brought back from the dead – even if not fully back to life. Written for organ, alto saxophone, and string trio, Renewal Manifestation brings forth an immense wave of spirit and sound that washes over the listener.