Llyn Y Cwn - Dinorwic
(c) 2020 Cold Spring
Artist....: Llyn Y Cwn
Album.....: Dinorwic
Source....: WEB/MP3
Tracks....: 7
Genre.....: Ambient
Label.....: Cold Spring
Encoder...: LAME 3.100
Quality...: 320 kbps / 441kHz / Joint Stereo
URL.......: http://deezer.com/album/155791662
Tracklist:
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1. Dyffryn 6:02
2. Garrett 5:39
3. Allt Ddu 6:40
4. Bryn Glas 5:10
5. Llwybr 8:48
6. Braich 5:26
7. Vivian 12:24
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50:09
Total:121.62MB / 50:09
Release Notes:
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Dinorwic is the sound of nature re-establishing itself in the post-industrial
wilderness of a former quarry, a hole within a void, a place defined by absence
in a world of negative space.
The backdrop for this cavernous soundtrack is Dinorwic slate quarry, field
recordings were taken in this vast subterranean environment where an exposed
scar of rock is carved out of the mountainside on the western slope of Elidir
Fawr in Snowdonia, North Wales.
Each track is named after an area of the quarry, descending ever deeper through
each rock gallery, with their acoustically unique echoes and sounds. The
landscape is in a state of constant flux with small avalanches of rock and spoil
slate tumbling over itself - it was such a landslide that led to the eventual
demise of the quarry. The hydroelectric power station, built deep underground
inside the mountain, can be heard rumbling away through the various air shafts
dotted around the quarry, adding to the overall ominous feel of the pieces.
ôDinowic shows Powell coming into his own as a great dark ambient artist- as
through-out the album we find a wonderful mix of vast drones, creepy-but- subtly
harmonic ambience, and grimly mood-yet-very well placed & processed field
recordings. Added to this we of course have the great & grim monochrome
pictures, and the theme of an abandoned village & deep dark mineàall making this
one of the more memorable & worth revisiting dark ambient albums in many a
moon.ö
Musique Machine
ô....feels like an abyssal sensation, which says something about the visual
strength of the album. Overwhelming sound waves often characterized by buzzing
noises are leading the listener into a perpetual state of stupor. ôBraichö is
the absolute masterpiece of this sonic exploration.ö
Side-line.com
ôAn album that has nothing to envy to many of the works of the great father of
this genre, Lustmord , both in form and content.ö
NOmelody Magazine
ôDinorwic could easily be named after dozens of sites across Dorset, Cornwall,
Derbyshire, Yorkshire or anywhere that was once home to industry and now isnÆt.
It speaks more about the history and cultural identity than 100 punk albums.ö
VITAL zine
ôAlmost minimalist in its sonic dimension, this sound curtain will dominate its
musical structure until everything languishes, and dissolves in time and space.
ôDinorwicö, a new masterpieceàö
LuxAtenea.com
ô..everything comes together to create a cinematic soundscape, one in equal
parts disquieting and peacefulà. Dinorwic really celebrates the land that it
comes from by putting it first and foremostö
NineCircles.co