*2026 stock* It Burns with a Sweetness is the culmination of the work we’ve been doing together for the past three and a half years: six studio improvisations of voice and electronics edited and mixed on late nights while borrowing our friend Drew’s speakers (thanks Drew). The album maps out the sound worlds we’ve been traversing these past years: ethereal streams, static electricity, and chewed-up slimy gibberish. Our first improvisation together was for three people, in a courtyard, with the vocals run through a beat up guitar amp. Since then, we’ve found our way to a deeper understanding, both of the music and of each other. It Burns with a Sweetness is, at its core, a conversation between two best friends. 

Much love to Cecyl Ruehlen for his support of and trust in this music. This record is dedicated to Jack and Lacey, the best pups ever.  

Mystic Elevator is the improvised duo project of Abigail Whitman (voice) and Jack Herscowitz (electronics). Based in Los Angeles, they perform in a variety of spaces throughout the city, adapting their sound to respond to their environment and each other. Abigail engages extended means of sound production with the voice, using techniques such as screaming, word deconstruction, gibberish, and haunting melodic lines. Jack carefully distorts these sounds through live digital sampling, reconstructing and recontextualizing the voice and isolating minute details through loops.