Artist : Offthesky
Album : The Beautiful Nowhere
Year : 2011
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 223kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : Webshop / FLAC
Playtime : 0h 43m
Size : 73.65mb
Label : Hibernate Records
Catalognr : HB29
Tracklist:
01. Surface Of Your Sin 5:34
02. Now We're Nowhere 5:20
03. Poison Prophets 3:58
04. Whittling You Little Lights 4:27
05. Melt And Wander 2:35
06. Daydream Tarnation 6:36
07. Waiting To Fade 4:04
08. The Lonesome Crowded Nest 3:30
09. Round Fever River 4:44
10. Born Of Shy Sap 3:08
Releasenotes:
Although Corder employs a range of instruments, acoustic, analogue and digital
such as harmonium, cello, toy piano, violin, kalimba, vibraphone and voice -
there is a slight emphasis the guitar as a central focus and source of sound,
but it by no means dominates. In fact as the album advances there reveals a
looseness to the composition and breadth of sounds that makes for an intriguing
and beguiling listen. Naturally, The Beautiful Nowhere, is just that, the sum of
all its parts and the lack of them, here and not here, connected, disconnected.
Recorded in a cabin next to Carter Lake, Colorado, we can imagine the serenity
of this environment absorbed into each and every sound.
Opener 'Surface of your Sin' curves strange late night calls around evaporating
sonics; effected particles of delay and reverb waver over metallic guitar,
paradoxically transient and tangible - quickly locating us in the soundscape of
nowhere, surmised from the next tracks title 'Now we're nowhere'. From here on
in we're taken through landscapes that sit somewhere between the real and unreal
- possibly mirages, possibly reality. Continuous sine wave drones, and lofi
production sound give both a sense of place, and one created out of daydreaming
- blurred around the edges, partly sketched from memory, emotive and nostalgic.
Creating and communicating texture then, is Corder's primary concern on 'The
Beautiful Nowhere', an intention not dis-similar to the music of Maps and
Diagrams or Ian Hawgood for example.
Isolationalism and existentialism find further exploration throughout the rest
of the album, manifesting themselves in the hollow echoes, erie strings and
vocals of tracks such as 'Waiting to Fade' or 'Round Fever River'. Elsewhere the
warmth of amplified guitar resonates to envelope and lull the listener, just
listen to 'The Lonesome Crowded Nest'.
'Beguiling' manages to paraphrase 'The Beautiful Nowhere' in the written word as
much as is possible. The not insignificant evolution of Corder's skill and
experimental explorations is evident, and achieves a touching work, full of
maturity and sincerity.
http://noise.offthesky.com/album/the-beautiful-nowhere