As I close out ambient week, I’m also going to close out winter. Or, at least I hope I am. It’s been in the oh-so-beautiful 60s for the past week or so, and barring deadly tornadoes and unfortunately inattentive busdrivers, the week has been one of the most pleasant I’ve had in ages. The sky is blue, the air is crisp (though full of awful static electricity), and the birds have actually been singing. I know it’s traditional for there to be one last cold snap once it’s become apparent that spring is on its way in, but let’s just forego it for this year, alright?
To close the week I’m bringing in a couple of guys from a territory that knows a lot about winter. Dag Rosenqvist and Rutger Zuydervelt are both veterans of the worldwide ambient scene, Rosenqvist being the guy behind Jasper TX and Zuydervelt of Machinefabriek. Together, they’ve created an album whose glacial tones are reflected in its stark, self-explanatory name: Vintermusik. The most impressive thing about this collaboration, to me, is the sonic depth it possesses. The duo’s songs have a habit of building achingly slowly until they reach a rumbling stasis, forever on the edge of overflowing the cups of your headphones. Haphazard guitar strumming drifts up out of the depths of the white noise, its faint signal growing stronger at an infinitesimal rate. This is, essentially, the sound of watching ice form.
Vintermusik is a limited release of only 200 copies, so if you like the sample below, you’d better get on it with the quickness. Previously you could get your CD lovingly hand-mailed by Mr. Rosenqvist, but unfortunately those sold out. See below for an alternative purchase link.
Try: “Gras Som Bryts Och Gar Av (Gras Dat Knakt en Breekt)”
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[Note: I’d like to thank jesse from the hipinion.com forums for his help in getting me into a lot of the artists I’ve talked about during Ambient Week. Dude knows his shit.]
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