Release Info:
Artist : Umpio
Album : Opium Electronix Vol. IV
Genre : Ambient
Label : Zhelezobeton
Catnum : ZHB-XLV
Source : CDR
URL : http://www.discogs.com/Umpio-Opium-Electronix-Vol-IV/release/6397071
Mode Info:
Tracks : 4
Time : 00:47:00
Size : 83.94 MB
Encode : LAME 32bits version 3.98.4 (http://www.mp3dev.org/) -V0
Quality : 236kbps 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracklist:
1. Circuito 13:45
2. Temperatura 11:10
3. Plomo 13:36
4. Terreno 8:29
47:00 (min)
Umpio means "vacuum" in Finnish. This is a project founded by Pentti Dassum in
2006. Pentti has been playing guitar and bass in a variety of punk,
death-metal, rock, jazz and experimental bands since the early 90-ies, and also
has a huge sound engineering experience obtained from working within the
Finnish musical underground. However in his own project Umpio he devotes
attention to making sounds from metal junk, contact mics, circuit bending,
various analogue and digital electronics and whatever comes in his hands,
recording extraordinary material from harsh noise to hypnotic ambient.
The "Opium Electronics" falls right into the latter category. The first
cassette "Opium Electronics Vol. I" was released by the Russian label Rokot in
2012, then two CD-Rs followed on Pentti's own imprint Nekorecords and now the
fourth installment comes out on our label. Four tracks mold in a single sonic
flow. Soft enveloping electronics that sounds like a plush cocoon wrapped
around one's head. Background textures humming gently, waves of mild noises
rolling softly, forefront sounds slightly scratching the ears... detachment and
abstraction not providing any determined images but giving free scope to the
listener's imagination.