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: artist....: Erik K Skodvin :
: title.....: Flare :
: cat no....: SP009CDLIMITED :
: genre.....: Electronic :
: style.....: Dark Ambient / Modern Classical :
: label.....: SONIC PIECES :
: tracks....: 10 :
: quality...: 320kbps :
: storedate.: Oct-00-2010 :
: rlsdate...: Aug-07-2011 :
: url.......: http://boomkat.com/downloads/331501 :
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:___[tracklist]___________________________________________:
Nr. Trackname Time
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01. Etching an Entrance 03:10
02. MatinΘ 05:13
03. Pitch Dark 02:55
04. Failing Eyes 02:49
05. Neither Dust 03:34
06. Graves 03:48
07. Escaping the Day 02:23
08. Stuck in Burning Dreams 02:18
09. Vanished 05:25
10. Caught in Flickering Lights 04:27
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36:02 min
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It's always a treat to hear new work from Erik
Skodvin, and this latest release from the Deaf
Center / Svarte Greiner man is certainly no let
down. Flare is an eerily cinematic long-player
that presents the listener with a markedly more
spacious and airy soundscape than some of his
most recent output; compared with the
unforgiving blackness of Svarte Greiner's
Penpals Forever, for instance, Flare has a more
wistful and classical-influenced temperament.
With the rusty string scraping and aloof piano
phrasings of 'Etching An Entrance', the album
gets off to an immersive and gently creepy
beginning, building strongly on a sense of
foreboding with the superb 'Matine', which
could have been lifted from the score to some
sort of Nordic existential Western. Similarly,
the strange, arid vistas of 'Neither Dust' are
punctuated by an evocative gallop that
implicitly carries a Morricone-ish feel to it,
even if it's tone is ultimately far darker than
any such comparison might intimate. The album
is partitioned into a series of relatively
brief tracks, each one establishing its own
particular minor-key mood, at times flirting
with guitar-led bleakness ('Failing Eyes'),
while at others latching onto more menacing,
rhythmic elements ('Graves') but in all cases
the productions are astoundingly full and
uncannily visual - a factor that only conspires
to further emphasise the soundtrack-like
qualities of the album. Stunning material from
the Miasmah boss, Flare might well be up there
with his best work to date.
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Enjoy The music!
If you want to join (Which we would love):
Contact: psyfer@hush.com
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