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│ s o u p p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
│ Solo Andata - Fyris Swan
│
│ artist ........ Solo Andata
│ title ......... Fyris Swan
│ release date .. 2006
│ label ......... Hefty
│ cat. no ....... 057
│ url ........... http://heftyrecords.com
│
│ rip date ...... 25-03-2007
│ genre ......... Electronic
│ quality ....... 152 kbps (average) / 4410Hz
│ time .......... 62:13
│ size .......... 71,52 MB
│ source ........ CD Album
│
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┐
│ release info │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ Electronic music was never meant to be warm and pastoral, but │
│ Solo Andata are the latest in a long list of musicians to use │
│ computers to do just that. Not that Paul Fiocco and Kane Ikin, │
│ the men behind the project, limit themselves to artificial │
│ sound forms. Right from the moment they met, almost six years │
│ ago at the end of a gig in Perth, Australia, they opted for a │
│ much wider scope, involving the pairÆs respective instrumental │
│ expertise. While Fiocco combines electronics with occasional │
│ drums and piano, Ikin, who has spent most of his formative │
│ years playing in a variety of bands, adds generous swathes of │
│ acoustic guitars. Since they formed, Fiocco has moved to │
│ Sweden, and the pair have been communicating and creating music │
│ using the Internet. It was therefore almost logical that they │
│ should choose to release their music on Chicago-based Hefty. │
│ │
│ Fyris Swan is Solo AndataÆs debut album and follows an │
│ iTurnes-exclusive EP published earlier this year. Feeding from │
│ a variety of genres, from folk to ambient to film music, Fiocco │
│ and Ikin blend them all into this distinctive series of │
│ compositions. At times using just the bare minimum in terms of │
│ sounds and melodies, while at others assembling more elaborated │
│ formations, Solo Andata craft wonderfully subtle, elegant and │
│ fragile instrumentals. Cinematic and pastoral, Fyris Swan is │
│ not without evoking the startlingly textural forms of │
│ MountainsÆs Sewn, albeit developed over richer soundscapes. │
│ │
│ The album opens with the gentle acoustic guitar swirls of Her │
│ Face As Soft As Sleep, upon which additional layers are applied │
│ over its course to give the piece a delightful sheen, which is │
│ found pretty much all the way through Fyris Swan. As the pair │
│ delve deeper into their atmospheric constructions, the mood │
│ settles, only disturbed by occasional blushes of ethereal jazz │
│ (Old City Crowd, Among The Olive Trees) or vaporous drones (A │
│ Ballet Of Hands). While the compositions often appear as if │
│ almost entirely static, Fiocco and Ikin develop melodic themes │
│ and musical structures over a whole track, making painfully │
│ slow but utterly satisfying progress as each element is brought │
│ in and carefully placed before another is being considered. │
│ This contributes to giving Fyris Swan its recurring cinematic │
│ feel. Solo Andata donÆt look for instant ephemeral reward here. │
│ Instead, they are prepared to wait for their music to grow so │
│ as to achieve a much more sustained effect. │
│ │
│ While there is no real narrative through the record, Fyris Swan │
│ doesnÆt actually suffer from it as Solo Andata continuously │
│ refine their soundscapes and introduce new components to their │
│ music, allowing it to flourish in various ways all throughout, │
│ making this album a rather very convincing debut. │
│ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┤
│ track list │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ 01. He Face Soft As Sleep 5:17 │
│ 02. Old City Crowd 7:36 │
│ 03. The Echo's Left Behind 5:49 │
│ 04. A Ballet of Hands 5:57 │
│ 05. Among the Olive Trees 5:55 │
│ 06. Beneath This Stone Wall 5:16 │
│ 07. Coastal Road Thoughts 6:54 │
│ 08. Dawn Chorus 7:08 │
│ 09. Together Apart 5:31 │
│ 10. Midnight 6:50 │
│ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┤
│ eac log │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │
│ EAC extraction logfile from 19. March 2007, 19:04 for CD │
│ Solo Andata / Fyris Swan │
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│ 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo │
│ │
│ Other options : │
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│ Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No │
│ Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 │
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