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: Artist......: Numⁿn
: Album.......: Voyage au Soleil :
: Label.......: Musique Impossible .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Instrumental :
Catnr.......: MICD104 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2020-10-15
Str.date....: 2020-09-04
Quality.....: 261kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://www.numunband.com '
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1. Tranceport 5:51
2. First Steps 5:32
3. Tranquility Base 8:21
4. Mission Loss 5:28
5. Expanse 6:19
6. Voyage Au Soleil 5:53
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,: Numⁿn is a trio of New York City soundscape designers who :,
: combine a wide range of music and visual influences to create :
:' hypnotic aural and visual experiences. The band members include ':
,: ôambient countryö pioneer Bob Holmes (from SUSS) as well as new :,
: music composer and artist, Joel Mellin, and percussionist and :
:' multi-instrumentalist Chris Romero (both from Gamelan Dharma ':
,: Swara). Their influences range from sonic artists like Brian Eno :,
: and Morton Subotnick, to the environmental visual artists Olafur :
:' Eliason and Elias Romero, to Balinese composer I Nyoman Windha ':
,: and shadow puppet master I Wayan Wija. As individual artists, :,
: their work has been seen and heard at MOMA, The Met, Basilica :
:' Hudson, The Bali Arts Festival, NPR, New Sounds, Echoes, and ':
,: has been featured in Mojo, Wire, Pitchfork and Aquarium :,
: Drunkard. :
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,: NumⁿnÆs first album, ôvoyage au soleilö, will be released on :,
: Musique Impossible in Fall 2020. The original sessions came out :
:' of a project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of manÆs first ':
,: landing on the moon. The initial track, ôTranquility Baseö was :,
: featured on the compilation, ôThe Moon and Back û One Small Step :
:' for Global Popö and released on London-based WIAIWYA that same ':
,: year. With 1969 as a starting point, numⁿn began exploring what :,
: that period of history meant to them both personally and :
:' musically. Using a combination of traditional Balinese and ':
,: Americana instrumentation, along with synthesizers and loop :,
: manipulation reminiscent of their musique concrete forbearers, :
:' numⁿn created soundscapes that explored the hope, turmoil, and ':
,: psychedelic escape and promise of that pivotal era. The final :,
: result is 6 tracks that take the listener on a trip to the heart :
:' of the sun. ':
,: :,
: The album's first track, tranceport, is a welcoming that coaxes :
:' the listener into the vast, atmospheric numⁿn experience with ':
,: seemingly disparate instrumentation that includes a cⁿmbⁿs (a :,
: fretless turkish banjo), a mellotron, a '52 gibson hollowbody, :
:' violin, and Balinese gongs. As is the beautiful heartache of ':
,: any journey into the beyond, the periodic gong cycles signal :,
: both a beginning and an end - they're one and the same, and yet, :
:' with a twist at the end, this one track exemplifies numⁿnÆs ':
,: unique musical style as both surprising and reassuring. With the :,
: journey begun, the second track, first steps is a story of :
:' finding your bearings in unfamiliar territory: the tremolo ':
,: twang juxtaposed against the strident cⁿmbⁿs combine as if David :,
: Lynch's Twin Peaks were set on the far side of the moon. :
:' tranquility base, the album's third track, is a memoir of the ':
,: journey to date - from launch, to exploration, to looking back :,
: at our collective past and, yet, toward the future. Supported by :
:' Trina Basu's (Brooklyn Raga Massive) beguiling violin work, ':
,: Tranquility base is a swirling narrative that unfolds before the :,
: ears and expresses the optimistic hope that permeates numⁿnÆs :
:' work. ':
,: :,
: mission loss, the album's 4th track, is what happens when those :
:' plans change. The transformation of the polyrhythms of this ':
,: piece are a 'Space Oddity' as directed by Olaf Eliason as the :,
: mission changes from a return home to a journey to the sun. And :
:' as situations change, the penultimate track, expanse, sets the ':
,: listener into the introspective space between any here and any :,
: there. Featuring harpsichord and a brief theremin, expanse, :
:' speaks to the unknown and uneasiness before determination sets ':
,: in, as does the final title track, voyage au soleil. Somewhere :,
: between Beck's 'Morning Phase' and Anton Newcombe, voyage au :
:' soleil is a mission that only goes in one direction - forward. ':
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