Artist : Nest
Album : Body Pilot
Year : 2011
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 210kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : Webshop / FLAC
Playtime : 0h 20m
Size : 33.05mb
Label : Serein
Catalognr : SERE11.3
Tracklist:
01. Stillness 5:54
02. The Dying Roar 5:27
03. Koretz's Meteor 5:34
04. The Ultimate Horizon 3:55
Releasenotes:
Nest is the collaborative project of Huw Roberts (Wales) and Otto A. Totland
(Norway). Using a combination of acoustic instruments, field recordings and
sample manipulation, the two work together to create instrumental music linked
closely with their environments.
While unmistakably a Nest record, the material on 'Body Pilot' marks a more
restrained, pared back development of Nest's sound. The palette used to craft
these pieces is sparser than on previous recordings, placing greater emphasis on
the nuances and subtleties of each sound.
'Stillness' opens proceedings on familiar ground. Gently sustained strings rise
from a near inaudible hum and are accompanied by slow, resounding piano notes.
The pace is glacial, each sound unravels and unfolds in sequence painting a
vivid picture of the record's opening scene. The muted greens of an open plain
as it tapers into the distance and the pearl-white of the sky, featureless save
the bas-relief of a distant mountain range. The landscape resonates in sympathy
with the beckoning drone of a propeller engine.
On 'The Dying Roar', we find ourselves borne aloft amid turbulent skies. Brass
and woodwind instruments swirl and eddy, growing in intensity until, like the
ground disappearing below, they blur and fade into nothing. The engines are cut
and we glide silently into the white. Solo piano plays out the piece and closes
the first side of the record.
In sharp contrast with the pieces preceding it, "Koretz's Meteor" opens with the
haunted drone of an electronic synthesiser. Unidentifiable sounds and effects
clamour for space around the rising growl, sweeping from left to right,
submerging and resurfacing. A camera shutter opens and closes, cicadas sing in
the night, what could it be, that burns so bright?
'Body Pilot' comes to a close with 'The Ultimate Horizon', a detached, isolated
piece of music. Sounds speed up and slow down like the on / off of a propeller,
sub-bass rises and falls, passing above and below hearing level. The track fades
as we travel beyond the infinite.
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