Civilistjävel!'s most essential release to date finds the mysterious Swedish producer teaming with Cucina Povera for a future-facing fusion of soaring Finnish vocals and opiated slo-mo electronics. Say less.
Hot on the heels of last year's spirited "Järnnätter", "Fyra platser" (four seats) reduces the producer's illusory ambient dub to a gaseous flicker of drone and faint rhythm. If its predecessor was informed by practitioners like Biosphere and Pete Namlook, this set takes its cues from a different but related subcultural nook, pulling sonic concepts from illbient, 20th Century minimalism and kosmische music; at its best, the EP sounds like a psychedelic mixup of CC Hennix, DJ Olive and early Tangerine Dream.
The unmistakable highlight is 'Louhivesi', a startling collaborative track that weaves around Cucina Povera's spine-tingling Finnish vocals. On her solo material, she uses her voice like vapor, looping it casually around her viscous compositions - here, Civilistjävel! treats it completely differently, turning the volume and reverb way up and harmonizing with vintage Dead Can Dance or even early Enya. We don't say that lightly, by the way. Crushed, distorted kicks and pitch-bent flute sounds suggest a distant pagan ritual in snow-covered landscapes desperate for the embrace of Spring - it's magical music that captures a certain musical zeitgeist without leaning to heavily into the Medieval/just intonation school of contemporary fetishization.
'Kolugn' is darker and more blown-out, sounding like a frozen reaction to '70s Berlin with overdriven synth drones that fluctuate against each other over barely-audible ASMR crackles. And rhythm makes a further appearance on 'Valmsta' - Civilistjävel! turns an unstable kick into a heartbeat, layering yearning synth tones on top to suggest the dying sunlight and ice cracking underfoot. Brilliantly evocative, it's music that's surprisingly humble about its absurd level of finesse. Huge recommendation.
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Civilistjävel!'s most essential release to date finds the mysterious Swedish producer teaming with Cucina Povera for a future-facing fusion of soaring Finnish vocals and opiated slo-mo electronics. Say less.
Hot on the heels of last year's spirited "Järnnätter", "Fyra platser" (four seats) reduces the producer's illusory ambient dub to a gaseous flicker of drone and faint rhythm. If its predecessor was informed by practitioners like Biosphere and Pete Namlook, this set takes its cues from a different but related subcultural nook, pulling sonic concepts from illbient, 20th Century minimalism and kosmische music; at its best, the EP sounds like a psychedelic mixup of CC Hennix, DJ Olive and early Tangerine Dream.
The unmistakable highlight is 'Louhivesi', a startling collaborative track that weaves around Cucina Povera's spine-tingling Finnish vocals. On her solo material, she uses her voice like vapor, looping it casually around her viscous compositions - here, Civilistjävel! treats it completely differently, turning the volume and reverb way up and harmonizing with vintage Dead Can Dance or even early Enya. We don't say that lightly, by the way. Crushed, distorted kicks and pitch-bent flute sounds suggest a distant pagan ritual in snow-covered landscapes desperate for the embrace of Spring - it's magical music that captures a certain musical zeitgeist without leaning to heavily into the Medieval/just intonation school of contemporary fetishization.
'Kolugn' is darker and more blown-out, sounding like a frozen reaction to '70s Berlin with overdriven synth drones that fluctuate against each other over barely-audible ASMR crackles. And rhythm makes a further appearance on 'Valmsta' - Civilistjävel! turns an unstable kick into a heartbeat, layering yearning synth tones on top to suggest the dying sunlight and ice cracking underfoot. Brilliantly evocative, it's music that's surprisingly humble about its absurd level of finesse. Huge recommendation.
Civilistjävel!'s most essential release to date finds the mysterious Swedish producer teaming with Cucina Povera for a future-facing fusion of soaring Finnish vocals and opiated slo-mo electronics. Say less.
Hot on the heels of last year's spirited "Järnnätter", "Fyra platser" (four seats) reduces the producer's illusory ambient dub to a gaseous flicker of drone and faint rhythm. If its predecessor was informed by practitioners like Biosphere and Pete Namlook, this set takes its cues from a different but related subcultural nook, pulling sonic concepts from illbient, 20th Century minimalism and kosmische music; at its best, the EP sounds like a psychedelic mixup of CC Hennix, DJ Olive and early Tangerine Dream.
The unmistakable highlight is 'Louhivesi', a startling collaborative track that weaves around Cucina Povera's spine-tingling Finnish vocals. On her solo material, she uses her voice like vapor, looping it casually around her viscous compositions - here, Civilistjävel! treats it completely differently, turning the volume and reverb way up and harmonizing with vintage Dead Can Dance or even early Enya. We don't say that lightly, by the way. Crushed, distorted kicks and pitch-bent flute sounds suggest a distant pagan ritual in snow-covered landscapes desperate for the embrace of Spring - it's magical music that captures a certain musical zeitgeist without leaning to heavily into the Medieval/just intonation school of contemporary fetishization.
'Kolugn' is darker and more blown-out, sounding like a frozen reaction to '70s Berlin with overdriven synth drones that fluctuate against each other over barely-audible ASMR crackles. And rhythm makes a further appearance on 'Valmsta' - Civilistjävel! turns an unstable kick into a heartbeat, layering yearning synth tones on top to suggest the dying sunlight and ice cracking underfoot. Brilliantly evocative, it's music that's surprisingly humble about its absurd level of finesse. Huge recommendation.
Civilistjävel!'s most essential release to date finds the mysterious Swedish producer teaming with Cucina Povera for a future-facing fusion of soaring Finnish vocals and opiated slo-mo electronics. Say less.
Hot on the heels of last year's spirited "Järnnätter", "Fyra platser" (four seats) reduces the producer's illusory ambient dub to a gaseous flicker of drone and faint rhythm. If its predecessor was informed by practitioners like Biosphere and Pete Namlook, this set takes its cues from a different but related subcultural nook, pulling sonic concepts from illbient, 20th Century minimalism and kosmische music; at its best, the EP sounds like a psychedelic mixup of CC Hennix, DJ Olive and early Tangerine Dream.
The unmistakable highlight is 'Louhivesi', a startling collaborative track that weaves around Cucina Povera's spine-tingling Finnish vocals. On her solo material, she uses her voice like vapor, looping it casually around her viscous compositions - here, Civilistjävel! treats it completely differently, turning the volume and reverb way up and harmonizing with vintage Dead Can Dance or even early Enya. We don't say that lightly, by the way. Crushed, distorted kicks and pitch-bent flute sounds suggest a distant pagan ritual in snow-covered landscapes desperate for the embrace of Spring - it's magical music that captures a certain musical zeitgeist without leaning to heavily into the Medieval/just intonation school of contemporary fetishization.
'Kolugn' is darker and more blown-out, sounding like a frozen reaction to '70s Berlin with overdriven synth drones that fluctuate against each other over barely-audible ASMR crackles. And rhythm makes a further appearance on 'Valmsta' - Civilistjävel! turns an unstable kick into a heartbeat, layering yearning synth tones on top to suggest the dying sunlight and ice cracking underfoot. Brilliantly evocative, it's music that's surprisingly humble about its absurd level of finesse. Huge recommendation.
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Civilistjävel!'s most essential release to date finds the mysterious Swedish producer teaming with Cucina Povera for a future-facing fusion of soaring Finnish vocals and opiated slo-mo electronics. Say less.
Hot on the heels of last year's spirited "Järnnätter", "Fyra platser" (four seats) reduces the producer's illusory ambient dub to a gaseous flicker of drone and faint rhythm. If its predecessor was informed by practitioners like Biosphere and Pete Namlook, this set takes its cues from a different but related subcultural nook, pulling sonic concepts from illbient, 20th Century minimalism and kosmische music; at its best, the EP sounds like a psychedelic mixup of CC Hennix, DJ Olive and early Tangerine Dream.
The unmistakable highlight is 'Louhivesi', a startling collaborative track that weaves around Cucina Povera's spine-tingling Finnish vocals. On her solo material, she uses her voice like vapor, looping it casually around her viscous compositions - here, Civilistjävel! treats it completely differently, turning the volume and reverb way up and harmonizing with vintage Dead Can Dance or even early Enya. We don't say that lightly, by the way. Crushed, distorted kicks and pitch-bent flute sounds suggest a distant pagan ritual in snow-covered landscapes desperate for the embrace of Spring - it's magical music that captures a certain musical zeitgeist without leaning to heavily into the Medieval/just intonation school of contemporary fetishization.
'Kolugn' is darker and more blown-out, sounding like a frozen reaction to '70s Berlin with overdriven synth drones that fluctuate against each other over barely-audible ASMR crackles. And rhythm makes a further appearance on 'Valmsta' - Civilistjävel! turns an unstable kick into a heartbeat, layering yearning synth tones on top to suggest the dying sunlight and ice cracking underfoot. Brilliantly evocative, it's music that's surprisingly humble about its absurd level of finesse. Huge recommendation.