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░ ██ ██ Artist: Northaunt ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Barren Land █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2013-11-09 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Ambient ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Infinite Fog Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Reissue ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Northaunt started in 1996, by Herleif Langas & █
█ Ketil Soraker to create atmospheric, melancholic █
█ ambient mixing environmental recordings and █
█ minimalistic melodic elements (usually piano or █
█ guitar), treated nature sounds, samples and bits █
█ of melodies. █
█ "Barren Land" is the second full-length release █
█ from Northaunt, after "The Ominous Silence" 2001. █
█ Recorded 2002-2003 during a one year stay in █
█ Spitzbergen, an island in the arctic region north █
█ of Norway. A desolate place that together with █
█ field recordings from various places █
█ (Norway/Spitzbergen/Greenland) has inspired the █
█ most arctic album by Northaunt. █
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█ Barren Land is a masterpiece of nature's inspired █
█ ambience, release that returns the listener to the █
█ icy floes of Norway, not only figuratively █
█ presented but also literally sampled woven into a █
█ poignant ambient work that is a worthy heir. █
█ Seeking to underpin humankindés intrinsic █
█ relationship with nature, the music delves far █
█ more than simple reverb and endless drone; melodic █
█ guitar performs contrapuntal to glacial drifts █
█ groaning as giants, evanescent lisps of male and █
█ female voice grace the skies like aurora, █
█ plaintive piano swirls in the eddies of gelid and █
█ industrial storms. █
█ The sound is sumptuous, the sampled atmosphere is █
█ crystal-clear, fermenting an ever-evolving stereo █
█ experience buoyed through the minutiae within each █
█ sculpted locations. Overall, the albumés tone, █
█ while melancholy, is not oppressively dark, nor is █
█ it too gloom-shrouded for that matter, leaving the █
█ mood pleasantly doleful. An organic mutability █
█ infuses the album, each track stands apart from █
█ another, and within itself gelid textures explore █
█ and evoke the Antarctic Ocean currents and lonely █
█ land it surrounds. Lovers of high quality and █
█ individualistic ambient music will not go █
█ unrewarded should you pick up this gem among the █
█ snowfields. █
█ First time "Barren Land" was released in 2004 on █
█ currently defunct, but well know Polish label █
█ Fluttering dragon records. Almost 10 years pass █
█ away and this frequently sought album is just █
█ impossible to find in shops. █
█ Now, we are excited to introduce new, expanded █
█ edition of this beautiful recording. In addition █
█ to the "Barren Land", you will find extra CD incl. █
█ mini-album "In The Midst Of Life, We Are In Death" █
█ also from 2004, unreleased track "Winter II" from █
█ 2004 as well and absolutly NEW(!) composition █
█ "Hopeless Dreams" which is the 1th track recorded █
█ by both member of Northaunt since 2006! █
█ Changes were also artwork and packaging, now 2CD █
█ placed in finest Digibook with 12 pages booklet █
█ with additional information and fotos from █
█ 2002-2003 made by Haerleif. New front cover based █
█ on Herleif's foto too, and reminds us about early █
█ 90's with their wonderful b/w stile and about █
█ majesty of the BARREN LAND... █
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░ CD 1/2 : ░
░ 1. Dying Day / Dawn and Ashes 7:46 ░
░ 2. A Silent Battle 4:36 ░
░ 3. Kapp Farvel 3:43 ░
░ 4. Whiteout 3:57 ░
░ 5. Laid Bare Beneath the Stars 5:14 ░
░ 6. Just Another Cold Spring 2:32 ░
░ 7. Lost Days 2:42 ░
░ 8. Varghjerte 11:27 ░
░ 9. The Fire 6:15 ░
░ 10. Shadows Over the Barren Land 6:28 ░
░ CD 2/2 : ░
░ 1. Autumn Cold, Rain From the Stars 20:42 ░
░ 2. Winter II 4:12 ░
░ 3. Hopeless Dreams 7:30 ░
░ 87:04 ░
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