Maria w Horn - Celestial Shores (2023) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Maria w Horn, Mats Erlandsson
- Title: Celestial Shores
- Year Of Release: 2023
- Label: B.A.A.D.M.
- Genre: electronic, avant-garde, experimental
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 40 min
- Total Size: 176; 380 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Using modular synth, zither, voice, percussion and field recordings, Stockholm-based duo Maria W Horn and Mats Erlandsson evoke the 1960s on 'Celestial Shores, recording in the studio together to capture the immediacy of their collaboration.
There's a lot of xenharmonic drone material wriggling from Stockholm's fertile experimental scene right now, but we have to say that Maria W Horn and Mats Erlandsson are two of its most interesting proponents. They've collaborated extensively already, and that's no doubt what's allowed them to work on 'Celestial Shores' so freely. The duo were commissioned to score the second half of Andy Warhol's 'Nico/Nico Crying', and used it as a springboard for two lengthy pieces they recorded in December 2021. 'Towards the Diamond Abyss / The Navigators' is the first side, a patient whisper of pristine synth tones that slowly opens up, adding stirring bell chimes, ASMR rattles and poignant zither plucks. Not psychedelic exactly, it's more pastoral, bringing to mind Sweden's rolling landscape and mossy atmosphere.
The side-long 'A Ship Lost in the Polar Sea' is significantly more animated as the duo's synths almost throb into kosmische territory, running the oscillators off each other with slow riffs, ring modulated bursts and uneven drones. A breathy voice can just about be picked out in the background, when the zither finally makes its appearance, it connects with aged Northern European folk music. While the piece might have its stylistic roots in West Germany, Horn and Erlandsson use the style to poke at their own history, using their combined experience and expertise to emphasise minimalism without sacrificing structure or drama. It's extraordinarily charming material that falls just outside of time. And while it's easy to compare with Kali Malone's rigorous organ drones, 'Celestial Shores' has just as much in common with Sarah Davachi's patient studies, or Martyna Basta's hypnotic, emotional designs.
Tracklist:
1.01 - Maria w Horn - Towards the Diamond Abyss / The Navigators (22:29)
1.02 - Maria w Horn - A Ship Lost in the Polar Sea (18:00)
There's a lot of xenharmonic drone material wriggling from Stockholm's fertile experimental scene right now, but we have to say that Maria W Horn and Mats Erlandsson are two of its most interesting proponents. They've collaborated extensively already, and that's no doubt what's allowed them to work on 'Celestial Shores' so freely. The duo were commissioned to score the second half of Andy Warhol's 'Nico/Nico Crying', and used it as a springboard for two lengthy pieces they recorded in December 2021. 'Towards the Diamond Abyss / The Navigators' is the first side, a patient whisper of pristine synth tones that slowly opens up, adding stirring bell chimes, ASMR rattles and poignant zither plucks. Not psychedelic exactly, it's more pastoral, bringing to mind Sweden's rolling landscape and mossy atmosphere.
The side-long 'A Ship Lost in the Polar Sea' is significantly more animated as the duo's synths almost throb into kosmische territory, running the oscillators off each other with slow riffs, ring modulated bursts and uneven drones. A breathy voice can just about be picked out in the background, when the zither finally makes its appearance, it connects with aged Northern European folk music. While the piece might have its stylistic roots in West Germany, Horn and Erlandsson use the style to poke at their own history, using their combined experience and expertise to emphasise minimalism without sacrificing structure or drama. It's extraordinarily charming material that falls just outside of time. And while it's easy to compare with Kali Malone's rigorous organ drones, 'Celestial Shores' has just as much in common with Sarah Davachi's patient studies, or Martyna Basta's hypnotic, emotional designs.
Tracklist:
1.01 - Maria w Horn - Towards the Diamond Abyss / The Navigators (22:29)
1.02 - Maria w Horn - A Ship Lost in the Polar Sea (18:00)
Year 2023 | Electronic | Ambient | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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