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Artist : Ulver
Album : Drone Activity
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2019
Label : N/A
Cat# : N/A
Source : WEB/MP3
Bitrate : 320kbps
Size : 162,25 MB
Runtime : 70:52
URL : https://ulver.bandcamp.com/album/drone-activity
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01. True North 16:16
02. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 21:53
03. Blood, Fire, Woods, Diamonds 16:48
04. Exodus 15:55
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Ulver, the Norwegian experimental musical collective founded
in 1993 by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg, are back with a brand new
album: "Drone Activity".
It captures the special live set the band played at the Drone
Activity festival in Oslo (Norway) last Summer.
70 minutes of pure ambient drones, darker than their previous
releases, yet containing the vibe of their previous semi-
improvisatory sessions.
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It all happened in a haze. I am not sure everyone was prepared
to obey the summons and forsake the shore in order to be
pulled under by the loudness of sound. Yet the ethos on that
crisp October night was clear in its wording: Drone Activity.
Upon entering the old fish-warehouse, now converted into an
activity hall, on the new Oslo waterfront, the security guards
barely cared to check our tickets. Even mammoths would have
been able to hide in this enormous dark space, illuminated by
a few logos and stalls of sugary drinks, about to disappear in
a sea of smoke.
Disappearance comes in many shapes in the age of extinction.
Following the Danish noise act Damien Dubrovnik, Ulver started
out in a subtle manner, carefully examining the territory,
vast and waste. Screeching sounds echoed distant roars from
the approaching edge as snowflakes pierced the air with
ferocious speed. Where to go from there?
A retreat into the sunken paradise. Half-buried misty temples,
giant creatures and vaguely prehistoric figures emerged as
depth and time intertwined, from the ancient Atlantis to the
northernmost seas.
We stayed there for 90 minutes, of which 70 have been
meticulously mixed and mastered for this release. All of them
are new sounds. Darker and more dire, yet containing the vibe
of their previous semi-improvisatory sessions, documented and
catalogued on the "Zodiac" album, ATGCLVLSSCAP (2016).
If that Zodiac album was a free-form Ulver interpreting the
signs in the stars, Drone Activity stares into the abyss,
documenting those moments after the last rays of sun speckle
the surface and careless subterranean streams start
determining the course.
"Something murky and liminal emerged, in sound and space," the
band states in their liner notes. I can't think of a more apt
description of what, and to where, Ulver brought us that
night. There is no shoreline a thousand feet down.
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