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│ Ostinatos presents: │
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│ Cold Blue - Mountain │
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│ Artist: Cold Blue │
│ Album : Mountain │
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│ Genre : Trance │
│ Date : 2026-03-14 │
│ Encoder : LAME 3.100 (-V0) │
│ Quality : 267 kbps avg │
│ 4410kHz / Joint Stereo │
│ Track(s) : 12 │
│ Playtime : 01:06:43 │
│ Size : 133.95MB │
│ Language : English │
│ Source : CD │
│ Label : Black Hole Recordings │
│ Catalognr : BHCD263 │
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│ ItÆs by design that Cold Blue has taken the longer road back to back to │
│ LP life. For a man with as much affinity for the current season as he, │
│ itÆs significant that he refuses to work in regular album cycles. │
│ Indeed, ædesireÆ remains the only point on his production compass. As │
│ such, itÆs been six rotations since the release of Winter ù his debut │
│ longform, and one which set a new high-water mark in electronic music │
│ purity and definition. │
│ æMountainÆ , his sophomore work is certainly a continuum of that, but │
│ also one that, over time, may prove to be his artistic zenith. ItÆs the │
│ product of a creator who places studio craft over song, atmospheres │
│ beyond clubfloor furore, à and patience - quite simply, above all other │
│ concerns. │
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│ If 2019Æs æWinterÆ captured Cold Blue at his most expansive, then │
│ æMountainÆ finds him in sharper relief ù more distilled and even more │
│ deliberate in its pursuit of a singular vision. As æWinterÆ went │
│ widescreen and was mapped out across a full season, in title and tone, │
│ æMountainÆ pointedly looks up as opposed to out, tracking the dynamics │
│ of an ascent. │
│ Of its creation and his connection to the subject matter, Tobias says: │
│ ôAscending alpine peaks has been a life-long passion, providing │
│ inspiration for music and life. This album, 4 years in the making, │
│ expresses my ongoing personal inner mountain journey of growing and │
│ healing, of fearing and loving, of letting go and reconnecting.ö │
│ The album also embodies the idea of æmusic as a wordless languageÆ. │
│ Titles aside, youÆll find next to no lyrics carved into this │
│ æMountainÆ. Yet it speaks fluently - its vocabulary built from sonic │
│ textures and pressures; its æstoryÆ told almost exclusively though │
│ instrumental frequencies. It opens in the low-lying ether of æWe Are │
│ Made Of LoveÆ, a track that establishes a æbase campÆ of sorts, │
│ dialling in the albumÆs feel. ThatÆs chased by the haunting Flugelhorns │
│ of æSunday KissÆ, which, as quickly, light an upwards path through │
│ æMountainÆs foothills. In turn that begets the developmental triplet of │
│ (most recent single) æInto The RainÆ, æStormÆ, and æInto The WildÆ: │
│ tracks which æspeakÆ in clear terms about the musical terrain and │
│ temperatures they encounter. │
│ As with most climbs, there are moments where a short descent becomes │
│ necessary, so as to scale higher still. In that respect tracks like │
│ æWhen Time Stands StillÆ, æWithout YouÆ, and æEscapeÆ explore that │
│ shift ù placing further emphasis on the airs and atmospheres around the │
│ tracksÆ clefts and drops. By the time æWhite LightsÆ, æInto The SunÆ │
│ and æRadiateÆ crest, TobiasÆs titular summit is well in view. Having │
│ reached its apex with æFor A MiracleÆ, tonally, the album closes much │
│ as it begins ù through the chillier signals of æFor A MiracleÆ. │
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│ 1. Cold Blue - We Are Made Of Love [ 4:54] │
│ 2. Cold Blue - Sunday Kiss [ 6:30] │
│ 3. Cold Blue - Storm [ 5:33] │
│ 4. Cold Blue - Into The Rain [ 6:46] │
│ 5. Cold Blue - Without You [ 4:14] │
│ 6. Cold Blue - Escape [ 5:57] │
│ 7. Cold Blue - Into The Wild [ 4:33] │
│ 8. Cold Blue - When Time Stands Still [ 4:05] │
│ 9. Cold Blue - White Lights [ 8:17] │
│ 10.Cold Blue - Into The Sun [ 5:55] │
│ 11.Coldblue with Nicole Willerton - Radiate [ 4:35] │
│ 12.Cold Blue - For A Miracle [ 5:24] │
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