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▄ ▓██ LABEL....[ n5MD (MD141) ██▓ ▄
▓██▄ GENRE....[ Ambient ▄██▓
▓███ ENCODER..[ LAME.v3.90.3 ███▓
▄██▓███ K/BITS...[ 192 kbps avg ███▓██▄
▓████████ MODE:....[ Joint Stereo ████████▓
▓███▀▀ ▀██ TRACKS...[ 14 ██▀ ▀▀███▓
▓▓██▀ ██▄ █ TIME.....[ 54:50 █ ▄██ ▀██▓▓
▓███ ██▓█ ▓ SIZE.....[ 79.54 MB ▓ █▓██ ███▓
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▓▓▓█ ▒░▒▒▒ RIP.DATE.[ 2006-09-10 ▒▒▒░▒ █▓▓▓
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░ ▒▓█ ▓██ last days' debut sea brings to mind all those ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ last moments of events in ones life. moments ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ which yield those confused emotions that ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ endings and their subsequent beginnings bring. ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ sea has an implied lo-fi cinematic quality ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ which makes it feel like the soundtrack to an ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ old super-8 movie you may have stored in the ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ attic, the only things missing are the musty ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ smell of the cardboard box that the movies have ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ been in all these years and the warm clatter of ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ the old projector. the music on "sea" is just ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ that emotive, to conjure up such visual detail ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ to how you are feeling. a slightly new ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ direction for n5md, sea is neither strictly ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ electronic nor acoustic. last day's utilizes ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ both elements to conjure up a sound that is ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ somewhat minimal yet musically rich, much like ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ the more introspective moments of port-royal ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ (resonant) or deaf center (type) 'sea', is ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ somewhat of a concept album about escaping ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ modern life and all responsibilities that come ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ with it. based on mood and song titles "sea" ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ has a narrative running through it describing ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ the foolish exploits of one disillusioned ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ character as he recklessly travels north alone ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ on a boat only to be lost, found and rescued ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ but fearful that the urge to flee society and ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ be alone again still remains. "sea" is a ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ beautiful, emotionally honest album that helps ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ you remember all those last moments or even a ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ way to escape them but if for a moment ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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░ ▒▓█ ▓██ REViEW ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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░ ▒▓█ ▓██ i guess we have all experienced occasions when ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ strange events or word-of-mouth led us to ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ something of cherished value? in terms of' ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ 'uncharted' records, i'll never forget the ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ strange journey that led me to check in at the ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ neutral milk hotel or indeed my first ever walk ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ across the rooftops with the blue nile. such ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ moments, when they do come along, leave a ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ lasting impression in terms of both listening ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ pleasure and the thrill of reflecting upon the ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ fortuitous path that guided us. last days is a ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ case in point. a delicate mΘlange of minimal ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ electronica and lo-fi that i might never have ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ happened upon were it not for blindly chancing ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ upon the wonderful, californian experimental ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ label, n5md ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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░ ▒▓█ ▓██ sea is the single vision of writer/producer ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ graham richardson and represents, to quote ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ richardson, a "fascination with remote and ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ isolated places". the recurrent narrative ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ theme, we understand, is that of a misguided ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ voyager, who sails north seeking an abandonment ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ of responsibility. it is a journey that ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ embraces solitude and self-reflection before ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ bringing difficulty, danger and rescue ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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░ ▒▓█ ▓██ we begin where most albums might end - a ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ reflective piece of ambience usually reserved ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ for a closing track or trail-out. here instead, ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ it is stretched and explored over 14 tracks, ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ each piece gratifyingly distinct, yet each a ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ marker buoy on the same oceanic vista. the use ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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░ ▒▓█ ▓██ augment the gentle electronics gives a textural ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ feel to the record. as fans of genre luminaries ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ yellow 6 or port-royal might attest, this can ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ often provide the added warmth so often absent ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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░ ▒▓█ ▓██ an early example of such guitar and software ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ synergy comes in the form of the safest place, ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ the perfect accompaniment to leaving shore and ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ watching the landscape slowly disappear from ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ view. our compasses are set and our course ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ chartedà for solitude, tranquility and all the ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ mixed emotions those places bring ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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░ ▒▓█ ▓██ no doldrums on this sea. the central movement ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ of the album, from the harold budd-esque ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ mountains to the joyful i remember when you ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ were good, is anything but becalmed. saltwater ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ is a playful tease on moby's god movingà and ██▓ █▓▒ ░
░ ▒▓█ ▓██ the stunning your birds recalls the godfather ██▓ █▓▒ ░
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▓▓██ ░░░░░ 5. | Arriving At Jan Mayen | 3:21 ░░░░░ ██▓▓
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