add to cart
add to wantlist
email a friend
 
PRICE:
$14.50
NOT IN STOCK
1-2 Weeks
01. Porn Sword Tobacco - Tools For Trains
02. Porn Sword Tobacco - Den Rosa Sporten
03. Porn Sword Tobacco - Giftwrap Yourself, Slowly
04. Porn Sword Tobacco - Copyright The Universe
05. Porn Sword Tobacco - Ljus, Den Yttersta Gavan
06. Porn Sword Tobacco - Cubical Fever
07. Porn Sword Tobacco - Comme-Il-Faut (6 AR)
08. Porn Sword Tobacco - En Hyllning Till Cyckeln
09. Porn Sword Tobacco - My Lovely Wife Becky
10. Porn Sword Tobacco - Do The Astrowaltz
11. Porn Sword Tobacco - Hierarkisk Symmetri Och Romantik
12. Porn Sword Tobacco - Pappa! Min Karlek Ar Gravid
13. Porn Sword Tobacco - U.S Saloon props 41/59
14. Porn Sword Tobacco - Vingar Av Svard
ARTIST
TITLE
New Exclusive Olympic Heights
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
CCO 039CD CCO 039CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/10/2007

New Exclusive Olympic Heights is Henrik Jonsson's second full-length album and his third release for City Centre Offices. Having originally come to the music world's attention through 2004's self-titled muted masterpiece, Jonsson has edged off into more analog territory without losing the frayed sense of wonder that saw him compared with the likes of Harold Budd, Marsen Jules and Brian Eno. Recorded over a two-year period in the same studio which gave birth to the previous two Porn Sword Tobacco albums, New Exclusive Olympic Heights is an astonishing tapestry of sound and Swedish atmosphere that brings to mind images of sun-dappled clearings and unseen dusky threats. Swirled through with beads of static and crackle, this release is an epic doctrine in the power of ambient music, wherein Jonsson coaxes disparate elements into the kind of organic whole that is a million miles away from most of his peers. Opening with "Tools For Trains," the sheer weight of time spent away from 21st century life is drawn upon with remarkable ease as soapy waves of fizzing chords accrue filigree hisses -- before the whole composition fades into obscurity against the sound of a distant train passing by. Emotional in a way which is difficult to define, "Den Rosa Sporten" features frosted glass aesthetics and delicate acoustic guitar that are wrapped around the kind of music which Boards of Canada should be making. Seemingly in possession of a tacit understanding of what makes a piece of music both uncluttered yet thoroughly arresting, New Exclusive Olympic Heights oozes beauty from every pore and sees Jonsson firmly installed as a true grandmaster of this soundscape-rich music. With other highlights including the warm instrumental glow of "Pappa! Min Karlek Är Gravid" and "U.S. Saloon Interiors 41/59" with its Badalamenti overtones, Porn Sword Tobacco has consummately proven that isolation and a sense of wonder at your surroundings can conjure up the most magical of emotions.