Artist : Elegi
Title : Sistereis
Genre : Avantgarde
Year : 2007
Date : 06/20/2007
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 10
Label : Miasmah
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 54:23 min
Size : 71,0 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Despotiets Vesen 03:17
02.Fyrtarnet Part 1 06:22
03.Dauingene 06:29
04.Skumring 03:17
05.Time Lapse 08:06
06.Interbellum 05:14
07.Fyrtarnet Part 2 05:14
08.Sistereis 05:49
09.Fyrtarnet Part 3 04:17
10.Spill For Galleriet 06:18
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54:23 min
Tales of dark sea and doomed ships by Norwegian melancholic Tommy Jansen aka Elegi.
Sistereis is also the first in a trilogy of doom. All based around historical events/times.
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from Boomkat:
In the last year or so the Miasmah label (run and curated by Deaf Center's Erik Skodvin) has become one
of the most respected, well loved and bestselling labels offering up the kind of home listening so popular
with so many of you. The catalogue has been pristine - with releases from Greg Haines and Rafael Anton
Irisarri in particular encapsulating that indefinable magic that happens when modern classical sensibilities
are filtered through the hands and ears of producers with a wider experimental horizon. But it's this latest
album from Norway's Tommy Jansen (aka Elegi) that stands out as the label's most startling, original and
breathtaking release to date. Jansen spends his time wreck-diving - a pursuit which involves deep-sea
diving into shipwrecks, exploring the forgotten graveyards of another time. The album's title 'Sistereis' even
refers to this pursuit; it is the word for a ship's final voyage before it sinks and this haunted, waterlogged
theme is transferred beautifully into the music itself. I'm sure you've all dunked your head under water
when swimming before, and listened to the sounds of the surrounding area as they filter through litres and
litres of chlorinated liquid; this muffled, bubbling mystery is apparent throughout 'Sistereis', the whole
album coming across like a radio transmission from beneath the sea. In fact, the album could easily be the
follow-up to Svarte Greiner's absolutely epic 'Knive', an album which set the bar for the steadily growing
'acoustic doom' movement, and where 'Knive' was akin to a murderous venture into the dark woods,
'Sistereis' is a similarly bloody sub-aquatic voyage. It could be almost puerile to mention the words
'cinematic' or name-drop Angelo Badalamenti yet again, but it's never been more appropriate; Tommy
Jansen creates a damp and half-seen world of his own with tempered electronics, decaying accordion
sounds, deep resonating cellos and layer upon layer of collected field recordings (many taken from his
deep sea explorations). It's almost like listening to the ancient ghosts of Viking long-boats, lost Victorian
cruise-liners or swarthy Pirate ships, replete with rattling chains and creaking bows, yet this isn't a purely
dark and depressing experience, there are glimmers of light and hope between the scratches and scrapes,
a sense that this is a record which reveres history rather than being frightened of it. 'Sistereis' is another
crucial part of the steadily expanding Miasmah catalogue, and proof that the label is quickly becoming one
of the most essential on the planet - prepare yourself for a foggy trip into mysterious climes, it's one you
won't regret taking, even if you never return! Essential purchase.