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│ Proudly Presents: │
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icebreaker international - into forever
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date Jul-25-2003
style Electronic
label Morr Music
cat.no. n/a
source CDDA
type Album
quality 192kbps 44,1hz Full Stereo
size 62,6 MB
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Releasenotes
With its inclusion of the sublime æInto Forever,Æ Morr MusicÆs 2002
comp Blue Skied AnÆ Clear offered listeners a foretaste of this
stellar collaboration. Performed with a maturity far beyond his
years, Jonas MunkÆs delicate guitar playing weaves its way sinuously
amongst the gorgeous melodies before the track segues poignantly into
a hymn-like coda. The dreamy ballad appears once againùnot
unwelcominglyùon this full-length effort and serves as a natural
complement to the seven other pieces. Munk, well known to Morr
aficionados for his Manual and Limp recordings, joins forces with New
Yorker Alexander Perls of Icebreaker International on this premiere
outing of the Morr sub-label Sound of a Handshake, its raison dÆΩtre
a showcase for one-off collaborations between Morr fixtures and other
artists.
In keeping with the Icebreaker International tradition of deploying
ambitious conceptualizing to underpin aural works (such as trailing a
fictitious freight shipment across the globe for Trein Maersk as a
vehicle for investigating the economics of international trade), Into
ForeverÆs spacey imagery and song titles have a literal connection.
Apparently, Antares, a deep-space probe fitted with audio projectors,
will travel in 2011 to the nebula NGC 10007 (an area 17,000 times the
diameter of our Solar System) located five light years from earth,
where it will broadcast this recording in an infinite loop, making
Into Forever ôthe worldÆs first eternal piece of music.ö
Regardless of the conceptual underpinning, the music itself is
cohesive and accomplished. The eight tracks evolve in a suite-like
manner, each one flowing seamlessly into the next. MunkÆs guitar
prowess and penchant for engaging melodies remain intact, but Perls
deepens the sound, giving it a breadth and scope that make for
extremely satisfying results. MunkÆs signature chiming guitars and
electronic percussive accents are here as before, but now enveloped
and extended by PerlsÆ towering ambient swirls. Certain tracks do
seem to evidence a greater kinship with one of the two artists. æThe
Inner RingsÆ and æThe Outer Rings,Æ for example, evoke a
predominantly Icebreaker character in their gradual, measured
development, their echoing waves surging upon one another. æA
Thousand YearsÆ and æBeacons,Æ on the other hand, bring MunkÆs
ringing guitars and electronic treatments to the forefront. In
general, the focal point remains guitar throughout with washes of
synths and electronics providing ambient counterpoint. Put simply,
Into Forever is a meticulously crafted exemplar of guitar-based
electronica.
(Grooves, Issue 11, Summer 2003)
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Playlist
01 The Countdown 05:13
02 Into Forever 04:43
03 The Inner Rings 07:48
04 A Thousand Years 08:52
05 A Turning 04:38
06 The Outer Rings 06:41
07 Beacons 03:55
08 Now Forever 03:41
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45:31 min
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Additional info:
This release is made for the friends at XILUS.
Enjoy this release!
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