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konntinent - Opal Island
Konntinet is the moniker adopted by Anthony Harrison, previously seen on labels like Symbolic Interaction and Dynamophone Records. This Home Normal release is surely his highest profile work to date however, notably aided by a Taylor Deupree mastering job. In fact, much of the material on Opal Island wouldn't sound too out of place on 12k, although the release strays beyond the parameters of archetypal microsound-based material when Harrison's guitar gets involved. In these moments the album shifts over into a more post-rock styled mode that's perhaps comparable to some of Mark Nelson's Pan American material (listen to the delicate, downbeat tones of 'Frost Fair', for instance). Glitchy micro-rhythms add plenty of texture and rhythmic presence to Harrison's processed ambiences - something that works especially well during 'Dry Eyed', featuring singer Lisa Madisson. Guitars and vocals are sliced into with a digital scalpel, leaving what sounds a little like a chewed-up and dissolved version of a Beth Orton song. Full-blooded beats make an appearance on the record too, with '44 55 33' offering a kick drum backbone while various treated field recordings and blurry guitars slide around in a bath of reverb. For the most part though, any rhythmic elements are confined to irregular loop structures, or occasionally, surges in amp hiss that have been sculpted into percussion, and the record tends to function on a fairly abstract level - albeit one that retains a sense of song-craft and comes with a heavy dose of atmospheric wistfulness.
OWN RECORDS
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Another top-notch ambient drone suite from the increasingly prolific Japanese composer
2062
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The long awaited new album from WIlliam Basinski...
KESH
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**Includes a Boomkat exclusive bonus track**
2062
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Now available on Digital formats...
Type Recordings
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Amazing new album from Richard Skelton, his first new album since the classic 'Marking Time'.
HIBERNATE
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The Leeds-based artist follows up his Cotton Goods album with more ace lo-fi tape loops
STUDENTS OF DECAY
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Sun-dappled dream-drone miniatures of major scope from West Coast space cadets En.
KESH
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Limited, individually numbered edition from Kane Ikin (Solo Andata) and David Wenngren (Library Tapes) .
QUIETUS
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Accomplished ambient dub-techno from Brock Van Wey
Home Normal
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Anthony Harrison presents his fifth album of kosmische improv as Konntinent.
HIBERNATE
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'Kiruna' is surely Konntinent's most accomplished release to date.
Awkward Silence
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Pitting London's Konntinent against ex-One Second Bridge member, Fonogram
Home Normal
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Another exquisite collection of electroacoustic ambient music from the Japanese sound artist
Home Normal
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A career-spanning collection of previously unreleased and rare tracks from the prolific electronica group
Home Normal
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A regular of Japan's Flau label, Geskia! makes a neat dent in the Home Normal schedule.
Home Normal
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A remix collection featuring The Remote Viewer, Danny Norbury, Chihei Hatakeyama and Library Tapes
Home Normal
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The third great drone record of 2009 for Greg Davis - Highly Recommended.
Home Normal
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An album of luscious microsound sculptures from Color Cassette's Jason Corder
Home Normal
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Another top-quality micro-ambient turn from the Home Normal stable
Home Normal
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**Swelling neo-classical/ambient composition**
ERASED TAPES
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Olafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm with a lovely set of cosmic electronic compositions.
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Tender electronic pop music from the Far East, courtesy of Cokiyu and the lovely Flaü label. '
OLIVERAY (NILS FRAHM & PETER BRODERICK)
ERASED TAPES
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Lovely stuff from longtime sparring partners Peter Broderick and Nils Frahm.
ROOM 40
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Excellent musique concrète pieces from field recordist Eric La Casa, based on cityscapes and bee hives
Black Atlas
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UPFRONT EXCLUSIVE. Layers of scarred sound a la Nurse With Wound, Badalamenti/Lynch. Recommended!
ORCAS (RAFAEL ANTON IRISARRI & BENOîT PIOULARD)
Morr Music
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Rarefied, dub-infused ambient pop from Rafael Anton Irisarri - aka The Sight Below - and Benoît Pioulard.
HIBERNATE
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Another exemplary ambient drone album from the prolific Chihei Hatakeyama
