Artist : Deison, Mingle
Album : Tiliaventum
Year : 2017
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 256kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : Webshop / FLAC
Playtime : 0h 54m
Size : 104.5mb
Label : FinalMuzik
Catalognr : FMSSD03
Tracklist:
01. Arteria 5:03
02. Tiliment 5:18
03. Agane 5:05
04. La Piena 4:57
05. Sotterraneo 6:10
06. Grave 4:29
07. Pietra Viva 4:10
08. 21.00.12 4:36
09. Savalon 4:57
10. Nel Tuo Letto 4:17
11. Ajar E Aghe 5:14
Releasenotes:
One needs a poet's heart to appreciate the wrapped gift of Tilaventum: a stone
from the river included with every physical purchase. Mine is a perfectly
rounded skipping stone, so I'll need to resist the urge to try it in my own sea.
An instant connection is formed across bodies of water, across continents. The
photos show that many stones are ringed; my grandfather once told me that such
stones are good luck.
Stretching from the Alps to the Adriatic, the 111-mile gravel bedded Tagliamento
River (whose Latin name is used in the title) incorporates glacial melt and the
shade of black pines. It serves as a border, but is known more for its beauty.
The current project, designed by Sandra Tonizzo, offers a tactile impression to
accompany the music and keepsake box. One holds the stone in the palm and
wonders at the impact of a river so beautiful that it turns the music of Deison
and Mingle from dark to light.
Yes, this is the same duo whose music has been (pleasantly) unsettling people
for years. But there's something about the Tagliamento that calms the soul, and
is translated to this release. The CD feels different from the duo's other
projects: more restrained, even reverent. The beats are still present, but the
textures are more important. The river itself makes an appearance on
"Tilament", along with the sounds of birds in the trees. One imagines a river
journey by boat or on foot. For a while, the album simply flows, awash in
ambient touches like floating leaves. Not until the fourth track do we hear the
expected Deison | Mingle sound, as the drums presage the entry of a nearly
industrial timbre. At this point, it comes as a surprise, an accumulated
density that imitates the collection of debris around a bend. After this, one
begins to imagine the album not merely as a reflection of a river, but of the
things that might happen along the river. The Tagliamento is not just a body of
water, but an ecosystem, a divider, a bearer of history.
The processed river sounds add a sense of mystery. "Sotteraneo" ("Underground")
is as murky as its namesake, a descent into unknown territory, while "Grave"
rattles with dark pulses. In these tracks, we are able to form a connection to
the duo's prior material. But there's also a sense of excitement, found in the
splashing of "Pietra Viva" ("Living Stone"). Water is the foundation of life,
and life and death are always intertwined. In 21.00.12, the battle finally
breaks the boundaries, with electronic horns like trumpet calls and the sound of
clashing swords. The banks are overflowing. But then, as they are wont to do,
as they have been doing since the beginning of time, the waters recede,
revealing soft placidity. The cycle is complete, ready to start anew, as sure
as the stone thrown in the river will eventually find its way back to the banks.
Richard Allen, acloserlisten.com
http://deison.bandcamp.com/album/tiliaventum