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01. Billow Observatory - Serriform
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02. Billow Observatory - Color In The Six
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03. Billow Observatory - Lidless Path
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04. Billow Observatory - Iris
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05. Billow Observatory - Trumbull
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06. Billow Observatory - Light By A Thread
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07. Billow Observatory - Soft Logic
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08. Billow Observatory - Bright Lands Rising
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09. Billow Observatory - Memory Resonance
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ARTIST
BILLOW OBSERVATORY
TITLE
III: Chroma/Contour
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
AZURE VISTA RECORDS
CATALOG #
VISTA 008CD
VISTA 008CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
2/15/2019
III: Chroma/Contour
is the third album from
Billow Observatory
, the collaborative project of Danish producer
Jonas Munk
(
Manual
,
Ulrich Schnauss
collaborator, and more) and Michigan native
Jason Kolb
(
Auburn Lull
). The album's nine tracks eschew the pulse and rhythm that defined the duo's previous effort --
II: Plains/Patterns
(VISTA 002CD/LP, 2017) -- in favor of sparse melodic possibilities and a more abstract palette of sounds.
Chroma/Contour
suggests looking both 20 years forward and twenty years back, while forgetting the present altogether. Much of the album plays out as a study in minimalism: the texture and color of each sound is being explored in miniscule detail, with enough space in the sound field to allow each sonic constituent to breathe fully. There's a conceptual dimension to several tracks on the album, with guitars, analog synths and voices being mangled by samplers, computer software, and a broken dictaphone into pure abstraction. But simultaneously there's a melodic undercurrent, revealing a deeply emotional aspect of the music. Tracks such as "Color In The Six", "Iris", and "Soft Logic" convey a melancholic sense of awe, a profoundly calming glimpse of the sublime. As with the best ambient music, the power of these nine pieces lies in their open-endedness and suggestive potential. Rather than imposing on the listener and presenting a flawless, fully-formed aural landscape, the music creates an evocative space for the listener to explore and expand in. RIYL:
Aphex Twin
's
Selected Ambient Works
,
Stars Of The Lid
,
Slowdive
's
Pygmalion
(1995),
Brian Eno
.
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