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hildur gudnadottir - Mount A
The album that preceded last year's outstanding Without Sinking album, Mount A was originally billed under the Lost In Hildurness moniker and now gets a remastered reissue under Hildur Gudnadottir's real name. Despite the often expansive sound, all instruments are played by Hildur herself, including cello, viola, piano, vibraphone, zither and gamelan. Acting as a one-woman orchestra, this talented Icelandic musician and composer manages to craft something that's at once big and intimate. At the time of Mount A's initial release it would have been likely for Gudnadottir to be predominantly thought of as a serial collaborator and guest musician rather than a solo artist in her own right. Her list of credits is impressive to say the least, and includes a touring post with Animal Collective, plus recordings by Pan Sonic, Valgeir Sigurdsson, BJ Nilsen and Stilluppsteypa, Nico Muhly, Múm and more recently The Knife and Wildbirds & Peacedrums. On Mount A, perhaps due to the solo setting, repetition and loop-like structures dominate many of the tracks. This gives rise to some beautiful melodic hooks, especially during the jagged cellos of 'Floods' and the weary viola glissandos of 'Casting'. While bowed strings play the largest part on the album, around halfway plucked sounds take centre-stage: 'Self' is an absorbing piece based around a zither, building up through spindling layers into a panoramic arrangement bolstered by wave-like, lapping drone tones and slightly creepy micro-tuned intervals. Putting vibraphone to good use, 'In Gray' and the tense, febrile 'Earbraces' sound spacious and filmic while ten-minute closing piece 'You' lets in a more optimistic mood, once again calling upon plucked sounds for a starting point. There's a freedom and lightness to this final entry that counteracts some of the intensity that characterised much of what came before.
Unter (w/Machinefabriek Mix) / Über
ERASED TAPES
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Two absolutely beautiful piano miniatures from Frahm, plus a Machinefabriek remix
ROOM 40
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A brand new, utterly gorgeous single-length work from the mighty Tim Hecker.
Dragon's Eye Recordings
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Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was
History Always Favours The Winners
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Incredible triple album, over 4 hrs of the most sublime, absorbing music of the year- ESSENTIAL PURCHASE.
HVALUR
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An epic soundtrack album feat. contributions from Nico Muhly, Ben Frost, Sam Amidon and Daniel Bjarnason
MACHINEFABRIEK
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Machinefabriek conjures 20 minutes of blissed, barely there tonal colourations on 'Duotoon'.
SONIC PIECES
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Dream hook-up from Hauschka and Hildur Gudnadottir, for the lovely Sonic Pieces imprint.
ERASED TAPES
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A beautiful 4-track set commissioned for the world's first 'Pedestrian Ballet'.
LE LENDEMAIN (DANNY NORBURY & LIBRARY TAPES)
Home Normal
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Truly gorgeous collaboration between Danny Norbury and the Library Tapes.
Touch
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Dense, shimmering pieces for cello featuring contributions from Johann Johannsson. Amazing.
Touch
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‘Leyfdu ljosinu’ is the latest full-length from Icelandic cellist Hildur Gudnadottir.
HILDUR GUDNADOTTIR, BJ NILSEN AND STILLUPPSTEYPA
Quecksilber
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Touch
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Exceptional work from BJ Nilsen featuring sublime contributions from Hildur Gudnadottir. Highly Recommended.
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Touch
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Surprising, personal new work from Ambarchi featuring ocals, frenetic percussion and electronic beats.
Touch
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Thick, electronic morse rhythms and field recordings from Carl Michael Von Hausswolff.
Touch
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Incredible selection of rarities and exclusives from Ambarchi's archives, an hour of utterly absorbing work.
Touch
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The 2nd in Touch's vinyl/DL-only series of archival editions.
Touch
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Eerily enchanting electro-acoustic improvisation with Marcus Davidson, Mike Harding, JG Thirlwell...
Touch
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Highly disciplined master of visceral intensity, Daniel Menche, appears for Touch's great white label series.
Touch
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Extraordinary re-interpretations of two Jacob Kirkegaard pieces by classical ensemble Scenatet.
Touch
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Touch's 2003 release of the Portuguese experimentalist's Live In Paris recording of 'Engine'.
SPEKK
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Sleep-themed microsound brilliance from the consistently impressive Spekk imprint
PETER BRODERICK & MACHINEFABRIEK
FANG BOMB
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A rich and resplendent new full collaborative album from Broderick and Machinefabriek - a must.
LOW POINT
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A short-form dose of Celer's alchemic ambience, highly recommended.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY
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'Drones' compiles all three volumes - 'Violin', 'Viola', & 'Piano' - of the most recent series by Nico Muhly.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY
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Beautifully compelling debut release by composer, sound recordist and engineer Paul Corley.
Gizeh Records
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Ethereal voices and tip-toing piano melodies on this new album for Glissando.
UNSEEN WORLDS
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A collection of piano works, featuring Arthur Russell and Peter Zummo.
SONIC PIECES
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A softly spoken but unmistakably gorgeous record - new on Sonic Pieces.
ROOM 40
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"... like forgotten memories beautifully rediscovered in a moment of introspection."
Preservation
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Sophie Hutchings’ artfully confirms her place amongst the likes of Nils Frahm, Peter Broderick etc...
