French musician, writer and artist Félicia Atkinson and Missouri-born composer and filmmaker Christina Vantzou have announced the upcoming release of Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems, a collaborative odyssey that channels their long-standing friendship into a focused, ceremonial exploration of the natural world. Arriving April 10, 2026, via RVNG Intl., the album serves as a unified stream of spoken-word environments and orchestral imagination. Recorded in locations ranging from an 18th-century mansion on the Greek island of Hydra to Atkinson’s home studio in Normandy, the project is anchored in the “strange magnetisms” of the sea, sky, and stone.
The lead single, “Film Still / The Sea,” offers a first glimpse into this hypnotic world. A steady piano motif acts as a maritime anchor, while drifting textures of abstract guitar and synthesisers swirl around the duo’s subliminal speech. The track is further enriched by field recordings Vantzou captured at ancient Delphi, establishing a sense of ancestral enchantment. Accompanying the single is a striking video directed by Natasha Giannaraki. Shot on Super 8mm film along the coastline of Hydra, the video functions as an impressionistic document, capturing the duo amidst the surrounding rugged environs ofThe Old Carpet Factory, an 18th-century mansion on the Greek island of Hydra. The album was recorded here, as well as the 16th-century Villa Medici in Rome, and Les Dunes, Atkinson’s home studio in Normandy.
From the album’s notes:
Now both living in coastal areas (Félicia by the Channel, Christina by the Mediterranean) the sea naturally became their muse. “The sea was not taken as a monolithic postcard,” Atkinson clarifies, “but more a person, per se; an energy, a mystery, a complex character we face everyday, as human beings living by the sea.” In conversation with the land and shoreline, their language and sound-making took on a sacramental character. “A ceremonious feeling, a feeling of being in service, runs deep on this record,” Vantzou notes, “I’ve felt this before, but it’s stronger here in process with Félicia.”
On Water Poems, the sea is treated not as a static image, but as a complex character. The duo’s collaborative language, developed over two years, guides the listener through a subconscious space that questions the very mechanics of dreaming and buoyancy. The instrumentation is vast, featuring gongs, metallophones, Rhodes, and the electric lap steel of John Also Bennett.
In a gesture of environmental stewardship, a portion of the album’s proceeds will benefit Arion, a Greek non-profit dedicated to Mediterranean marine conservation. By honouring the “sources of sources,” Atkinson and Vantzou invite us to reconnect with our elemental instincts through this maritime mystery.
Pre-Order Reflections Vol. 3: Water Poems: https://lnk.to/rvngnl120
Previous releases in the Reflection Series include:
- Steve Gunn & David Moore – Reflections Vol.1: Let the Moon be a Planet
- Black Decelerant – Reflections Vol. 2: Black Decelerant