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previous artist: andreas berthling		there are 3 titles featuring johan berthling in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: oswald berthold

$15.71

back in stock as of
june 4th, 2008

first in stock on
october 1st, 2007

threads:
modern-psych

häpna (sweden) #h.36 cd

a taste of ra “morning of my life” compact disc

morning of my life (42:00)

häpna press release...

a taste of ra
“morning of my life”

häpna h.36, cd
1 tracks, 42 minutes
release date: september 19, 2007

“when we moved to tent and the light was golden and we were young, and the magazine was all there was to bring, and you woke in the night when the birds were singing just for you and the smell of soil and the warm breath overthrew you, ohh it moved you. all there was to it, was the morning of my life.”

the overall idea behind the first two a taste of ra records was for me to work with my voice, instruments and recording techniques on a more personal level.

on this final record in the trilogy, i’ve taken a different approach. it started off with one song that i developed and visualized together with jari haapalainen into six movements. together they create a sense of a film-like dramatic pattern. then we tactfully decided on the right locations and casting for the recordings, while johan berthling made some beautiful arrangements for three of the movements. after recording and mixing, i realized that we had created a musical monster that will challenge and hopefully inspire listeners for a long time to come.

- nicolai dunger

$35.37

new to stock as of
april 21st, 2008

threads:
modern-psych
digital-musics
folk

minority (czech republic) #min 21 lp

tape “milieu plus” double long playing record set

oak player
sponge chorus
star skid
crippled tree
augustan chateau
edisto
spruce horns
golden twig
rocked root
long bell
root tattoo
switchboard fog

april 2008 release ; an extremely well-done czech reissue of tape’s “breakthrough” album as a double yellow-vinyl lp in a full gatefold sleeve ...

ps ; yes, i know it’s expensive; international customers please keep in mind that the lion’s share of the cost ... & ultimately the price includes shipping costs from the czech republic to the u.s. - you might be better off finding a copy on the continent ... others ; if you love this music as much as i do you’ll want to discover it here anew (as i’m glad i did) - something of a high-water mark in the digital-era post-rock age ; the berthlings’ impeccable production absolutely sings on vinyl ...

minority press release...

tape - milieu plus 2lp

line-up:

andreas berthling / johan berthling / tomas hallonsten

banjo, violin, guitar, synthesizer, computer, organ, harmonium, accordion, harmonica, trumpet, field recordings, percussion, concrete sounds, vibraphone, glockenspiel, chinese flute, alto recorder, piano, melodica

guests:
magnus granberg - alt saxophone (4,7)
staffan johansson - lapsteel guitar (2,8)

played, recorded and mixed by tape at öland and in stockholm summer & autumn of 2003.
mastered by henrik jonsson at polar studios and masters of audio.
cover by klas augustsson. photos by ann sofie börjesson.

limited edition of 500 handnumbered copies on clear yellow vinyl.

$14.51

back in stock as of
april 11th, 2012

first in stock on
december 5th, 2008

threads:
guitar-themed
electro-acoustic-composition
digital-musics
modern-psych
minimalism-drones

type (uk) #type 035 cd

koen holtkamp “field rituals” compact disc

half light (2:44)
sky flowers (14:09)
bee change (1:42)
bear bell (9:10)
walker (4:45)
you mean the world to me (2:41)
night swimmer (5:17)
haus und spirale im regen (15:09)

october 2008 release ; sparkling guitar / computer / field recording work from appestaartje’s (although i guess it now makes sense to say “mountains’” as said duo has signed to thrill jockey) koen holtkamp (with guest-spots from tape’s johan berthling & ben owen) ...

type press release...

koen holtkamp : field rituals

the debut album from mountains-man koen holtkamp. shimmering ambient bliss.

‚field rituals’ is the first solo album to come from koen holtkamp, an artist probably better known as one half of ambient duo mountains. based in brooklyn, koen created the album slowly and as a love letter of sorts, taking in delicate field recordings and using them like faded photos representing his distinct memories of the people and places he chanced upon. some may have heard the incredible ‚make haste’ which appeared on limited edition vinyl earlier in the year, but this was only a taste of what koen has to offer on ‚field rituals’.

taking cues from the classic ambience of brian eno and fusing it with the instrumental subtlety of sweden’s tape, koen has come up with an aural book on his subject matter. each track feels entwined in the next and feels like a part of something much bigger. sure we’ve heard field recordings, synthesizers and guitars before but rarely have these instruments been injected with such a lightness of touch and with such a delicate open ear. each listen reveals more, like peeling back layers of onion skin – take the album’s epic centrepiece ‚sky flowers’ for example, which blends slow-moving synthesizers with good-natured environmental recordings and shimmering strings. the result is explosive somehow, with the grandeur more usually exploited by arvo part being framed with a distant electronic ambience.

the slow-burning pace is probably the single most important facet and reveals an artist at ease with his musical choices, something unusual in a genre brimming with young hopefuls. a good comparison might be stars of the lid, but koen’s music is more organic and more humble somewhat than the ex-texan duo. in the end we are just proud that koen has allowed us a look into this most personal of works.

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