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3LP BOX
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ATMV 123LP
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To mark the 10th anniversary of Gidge's landmark album Autumn Bells on Atomnation, the label has assembled a brand-new box-set reissue. This deluxe and expanded edition features a 60-page photo book, poster, the original double album plus a nine-track bonus vinyl with alternative edits and demo tracks from the time, all on transparent wax. The exclusive, limited-edition boxset comes with a private digital download link. Gidge is the Swedish duo of Jonatan Nilsson and Ludvig Stolterman, who has also taken all of the photos in the booklet. As friends since high school, they have a deep connection, a great understanding of one another and a shared love of Nordic woodlands. The spirit of the northeastern forests they grew up around has always colored their music and lent it an organic, ethereally, otherworldly edge that conveys feelings of inner peace. Their brilliant debut album Autumn Bells captured all that in nine accomplished tracks that picked up critical praise from the music media and millions of online streams. More importantly, it also won them a dedicated fan base who appreciate the art of Gidge's craft and the sensitivity of their sound. Autumn Bells is ambient electronic music that makes the heart and soul dance. It's a profound emotional journey of delicate sound design but impactful feelings. Mysterious soundscapes are infused with shimmering tones, indecipherable vocal spirits, gorgeous synth drones, shakers, wood blocks and neo-classical ideas that are deeply immersive and always beautiful whether beatless or woven into supple rhythms. Many tracks were made during the recording process but not all made the final album. Some can now be heard on the bonus disc including the beautifully lonely "Untitled Piano," or the found sounds of "MONO-000" which capture a wander through a wood before turning into a heartfelt neo-classical piano piece. There are demo versions of the mystic broken rhythm "Opal" and lo-fi lullaby "Once" plus the distant acoustic charms found throughout the album. On top of that, a 2024 version of "Dusk" has a darker mood and "Rest" (Other Version) has a more percussive and prominent rhythm while "You," "Growth" and "I Fell In Love" also get reworked with more defined drums but retain their ghostly allure.
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ATMV 119EP
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Gidge makes a welcome return to Atomnation with an immersive new five-track EP, Tundra. It features the single "Bleak" which was their last release following their superb 2020 album, New Light. "Bleak" came in support of Gidge's tour of the EU in 2022 and since then the duo has played many more sold-out shows to their warm fanbase across London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and beyond. Tundra EP opens with the gorgeous "Gausta." Heartbroken chords are draped over slow, dejected rhythms, while vocal fragments and distant nature sounds add a signature organic touch to this most rueful of tracks. There is a desolate feel to the twanging acoustic strings of "Grit" before more moody chords and lonely guitar notes hang dramatically in the air throughout this beatless interlude. "The Fells" brings with it a sense of optimism as the drums pickup and then fall away to reveal more sensitive strings drenched in reverb. When the drums return with aching vocal samples, there is a brilliantly eerie atmosphere. "Bleak" is a sparse fusion of indie and electronica -- fragments of rhythm and piano, sweeping chords and nagging synth pulses all make for a forlorn vibe, and "Whiteout" closes with five minutes of crepuscular synths that paint the picture of a barren and misty landscape untouched by human intervention. This EP once again proves that Gidge consistently discovers true beauty in their bittersweet musical landscape, drawn from a palette of organic sounds that convey a cautious yet beautiful sense of hope.
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2LP
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ATMV 085LP
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Gidge -- the Swedish duo consisting of Ludvig Stolterman and Jonatan Nilsson -- return with their new album, New Light. Marking their fifth release on Atomnation, this album can be seen as their second full-length album to date, following up 2014's mythical Autumn Bells (ATMV 023LP). Gidge makes electronic music that is shaped by recordings of Swedish nature. It's both comfortable on the dancefloor and in a more relaxing environment. Each and every Gidge track creates its own sense of atmosphere and emotion, whether that is nostalgia, rest, or epicness. Their work evolves naturally, often building to powerful peaks from a silent break that is tweaked with vocal samples, crackles of field recordings, and neo-classical influences. New Light features nine new tracks where Gidge worked on for about three years long. The album is signature for people that are familiar with the music from Gidge, yet, it can be seen as their most eclectic work to date. Ludvig and Jonatan refined the production technique on their new album by intensifying the sound palette with analog synthesis and crispy hi-hats. The track "Perimeter" might be the perfect example of this -- spanning over exactly ten minutes, the intensity of the synths in combination with the sharp hats throughout are absolutely fire. While often being adored by the inspiration that is drawn from the forest, nature, and the Norrlands of Sweden (and rightly so), the music of Gidge has actually been of an absolute international caliber and is listened to by people from all over the world. Gidge sold out club-tour shows in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm, and played their live-set to crowds on festivals in Mexico, Georgia, Canada, and Thailand. Pitchfork staffers chose Gidge amongst their favorite artists to listen to on snowy days and XLR8R readers voted Gidge to the #1 spot of "best new electronic act" in 2015. The list goes on... Rooted in the city of Umea, Sweden, Jonatan Nilsson and Ludvig Stolterman became friends through a shared love of electronic music. Includes printed inners.
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2LP
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ATMV 023LP
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One of the most beautiful albums of the 2010s gets a reissue on double-vinyl -- in 2014 the Swedish duo Gidge released their debut: Autumn Bells.
"The very beginning of 'I Fell In Love' are the most passionate and emotional couple of notes I have heard."
"An incredibly organic listen from start to finish, Autumn Bells is the season's distilled feeling put in song. Gidge successfully captures microscopic moments of decay and beauty within the framework of pop and ambient-inflected techno."
"An utterly captivating piece of work. Each new listen only enriches the songs."
"One of the finest, most enjoyable electronic albums I have heard in recent times. Every sound is so well thought out and sculpted, some seriously head-tingling music."
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ATMV 010EP
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Gidge is the production duo of Jonatan Nilsson and Ludvig Stolterman. Based in the northern parts of Sweden, their main source of inspiration is the vast, snow-covered woodlands of the North. Gidge have, for instance, recorded all of their percussion in the forest, using only the sticks and rocks that can be found there. For Seoul came about after the duo went on a trip through Asia, and spent a number of days in the South Korean capital. Applescal provides a remix on the B side.
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