Artist : COH
Title : Above Air
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2006
Date : Mar-2006
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 09
Label : Eskaton 077CD
Source : CDDA
Length : 50:36 min
Size : 66,7 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Faster Than Sound 06:03
02.Between Heaven And Earth 05:41
03.I Spread My Wings Towards You 04:27
04.Dancing In Silence 07:08
05.Through Empty Echos Of Your Voice 05:05
06.I Ascend Bright With An Oxygen Mask 05:55
07.Lungs Leak A Lullaby 02:39
08.I Smile I Know 05:38
09.Beneath My Sun-Proof Eyelids Truth 08:00
Never Sleeps
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50:36 min
This is the second release on Eskaton for Ivan Pavlov (aka COH),
a Russian-born sound artist and engineer, currently based in
Sweden. Recorded between November 2004 and July 2005, Above Air
is a personal tribute to the memory of his dear friend and
collaborator Jhonn Balance, and is somewhat of a restive,
contemplative departure from other COH releases. His sound is
culturally rooted to Russian avant-garde rather than the Western
rock-pop tradition, though he regularly utilizes both as tools.
As a qualified acoustic researcher he is involved in developing
different possibilities for soundsynthesis, and composes single
tones to an ensemble which provides both lyrical and comic
associations. Above Air is rife with open air buzz, mid-range
sinewave hum, low throbs, delicate plinks, clock-like chimes and
contrapuntal tonal pitch shifts, however, there is an air of
agitated restlessness within. Each track seamlessly merges with
the next, lending a round wholeness to the record that feels
like orchestral movement, or like the best of Coil's spatial,
minimal soundscapes. Amidst the quiet is COH's ever-shifting
static sculptures, that stand as monoliths next to hidden,
somber melodies. A stunning tribute