a r t i s t : Jasper TX
t i t l e : A Darkness
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Lidar (lidar_1)
g e n r e : Ambient
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2007
t r a c k s : 06
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 68,8 MB
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It is surely rare to come across such a remarkable fusion of
fragile guitars, field recordings and imposing drones as
witnessed on Jasper TX's debut album I'll Be Long Gone Before
My Light Reaches You, released on UK label Lampse in 2005.
Although this album appeared out of nowhere, everyone was soon
in agreement: Swedish born Dag Rosenqvist makes you sit up and
take notice. After a sampler contribution for Miasmah and a 3"
CD released on Kning Disk, Lidar is proud to announce the
release of A Darkness, Jasper TX's second full length album.
Although all of the elements which made the debut album so
unique are present here as well, Jasper TX presents a more
tempered but no less impressive disposition. The tracks are
intimate and magical, somewhat like moving through the shades
of a night. Far from being scary, this is a journey one is
only too pleased to set out on. From the word go, the
beautiful first track Better Days to Come takes you by the
hand to encourage you. There follows 58 minutes of elegiac and
melancholic guitars (Destroy Detroit (The sign of Buildings
Never Built)), nebulous & bleak soundscapes (Nightbirds), the
folkloric Winter/Midnight/Suicide, a ghostly intermezzo called
Sleep; Ghosts and all rounded off with a stunning finale, the
21 minutes track Some Things Broken, Some Things Lost. This
last track represents a marriage of all the elements which go
into making Jasper TX so remarkable: timeless beauty, hypnotic
drones and a rather unique form of earthy melancholy. Quite
simply, one of Jasper TX's most impressive tracks.
Slow-moving, dim & mesmerizing!
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01-Better Days to Come [06:45]
02-Destroy Detroit (The Sign of Buildigs Never Built) [08:50]
03-Winter/Midnight/Suicide [04:28]
04-Nightbirds [14:23]
05-Sleep; Ghosts [02:14]
06-Some Things Broken, Some Things Lost [21:23]
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