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█ ARTIST: P Manasseh █
█ TITLE: Ana █
█ LABEL: Wayside and Woodland █
█ GENRE: Ambient █
█ BITRATE: 220kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 42min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-02-27 █
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█ 01. 344 3:44 █
█ 02. Four Fold 7:25 █
█ 03. Katowice 3:16 █
█ 04. Paper Planes 4:55 █
█ 05. Steel Blue Lines 5:43 █
█ 06. Moire 5:00 █
█ 07. Blanc Y Verde 4:39 █
█ 08. UUVVNN 8:16 █
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█ ANA is the second album by P. Manasseh (b. 1982, Wolverhampton, UK) and █
█ the tenth release on Staffordshire-based independent label Wayside & █
█ Woodland. Aside from his solo work, Manasseh also records and tours as █
█ part of the Staffordshire-based ambient pop experimentalists epic45 and █
█ more occasionally, dub outfit 4Series. However, ANA sees the █
█ multi-instrumentalist working very much in isolation, crafting █
█ minimalist compositions that are an exploration of the way we see and █
█ interpret the world, an attempt to create sonic systems based on visual █
█ patterns and structures. █
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█ The rigid order found in the work of radical 20th Century minimalist █
█ artists Carmen Herrera and Donald Judd and the textile designs of █
█ Jacqueline Groag worked as catalysts for the project. Manasseh was █
█ attracted to the challenge of interpreting colour and pattern in music: █
█ ôApproaching visual abstract motifs, patterns and colours in such a way █
█ is problematic...the system is as important as the interpretation, the █
█ various strategies taking on a life of their ownö. The simplest, most █
█ eloquent expression of this is the track æBlanco Y VerdeÆ: one isosceles █
█ triangle. █
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█ This obsession with form and tone manifests itself in the use of tuning █
█ forks, which Manasseh has used in his work for a decade or more. Their █
█ appeal lies in their precise, simple nature, forcing you to think about █
█ resonance on a fundamental level, the pure expression of cause and █
█ effect. The subtle use of field recordings on several pieces comes from █
█ a fascination with immersing oneself in sound and the intense desire to █
█ connect with the systems inherent in our world, which became acutely █
█ apparent to Manasseh while touring the barren white-out landscapes of █
█ Eastern Europe two winters ago with epic45. █
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█ ANA however, is far from bleak. The exploration of systemic music █
█ production has lead to truly beautiful compositions borne of repetition █
█ and the subsequent subversion of order; glistening melodies, outbursts █
█ of joyful chaos and the vibrant sounds of everyday life captured on █
█ tape. It is an album that is as likely to appeal to those taken with the █
█ arpeggioed soundscapes of Emeralds and Mountains as the minimalism of █
█ Elaine Radigue or Pauline Oliveros - all touchstones for Manasseh during █
█ the 18 months or so spent working on ANA. █
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