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previous artist: mountainhood		there are 2 titles featuring mountains in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: mouse on mars

$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.

$19.49

new to stock as of
december 3rd, 2008

threads:
digital-musics
minimalism-drones
electro-acoustic-composition

spekk (japan) #kk 005 cd

“small melodies” compact disc

my electric laddy land - ultra milkmaids
for a pulse or two - sogar
sunnyside suns & sounds - tomoyoshi date
for nicholas - taylor deupree
the latter - hervé boghossian
film - aen
village - naph
star skid - tape
thirsty boots - oren ambarchi
beautiful losers - fenton
finale - rdl
inside/outside - anderegg
between - mondii
small melody (für richard) - stephan mathieu

2005 release ; a compilation of “warm, tender and calm” pieces by the likes of oren ambarchi, stephan mathieu, tape, brendon anderegg (1/2 of mountains), taylor deupree, and a wave of contemporary japanese laptop/sound-artists, mostly friendly with spekk label-owner mondii, of whom i was largely unaware until now (some of the better pieces on the disc come from the lesser-knowns actually) ...

back in the salad days of the early digital music days these sorts of themed comps were in much wider supply ; glad to hear something like from a contemporary perspective ...

spekk press release...

cat# kk005
title: small melodies
artist: v.a
time: 63’53"
format: cd

text by nao sugimoto

this is the first compilation album from spekk compiled by the label owner mondii. each of the artists were asked to compose a track with their interpretations of "small melodies" with keywords like warm, tender and calm. it was meant to present diversity of minimal-style music in a peaceful "harmonic" way. and it was a coincidence that both taylor deupree & stephan mathieu created a track dedicated to their child.

the first half of the album is the more "digital" side and the last half more "analog" side encompassing laptop digital processing to field recording materials (for instance, naph's track is only made out of frequencies within the wind/air) to band oriented materials.

participants delivers these great pieces of music from various continents including usa, sweden, france, germany, australia and japan showing slight relationships between each other which kind of gives us a warm feeling of unity within this ongoing global minimalist scene. it was also my intention to present that nowadays, there are not much differences between the outputs from more digital background artists and more band oriented musicians due to their methods of composing (technology) and interests and such. evidently, more and more rock labels will release digital processed music and bands will use digital softwares, electronic artists will become more aware of small sounds and warmth of the nature. i take this positive!

14 exclusive tracks / total time 63'53" / artwork in silver-leafing print

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