Artist : Jasper TX
Title : Pilgrims
Genre : Avantgarde
Year : 2007
Date : 06/28/2007
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 05
Label : n/a
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 20:15 min
Size : 22,9 MB
Tracklist:
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01.A Beacon To Lead Us There 03:16
02.The Glow Of Minerals 01:58
03.Through Dusk... And Falling Leaves 07:20
04.Our Way Through The Field 03:59
05.A Quiet Gloom 03:42
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20:15 min
from Boomkat:
It does feel very nice indeed getting in these special releases, and it feels even nicer when they're as lovely
as this latest from Swedish droney feller Jasper TX (known to his friends as Dag Rosenqvist). 'Pilgrims' is
the latest chapter in the producer's career, and as each release sidles out of almost nowhere the bar
seems to be set that little bit higher. This time Rosenqvist has opted to explore his darker side, and as the
track titles calmly dictate, we are on a quiet road to doom. Of course this isn't the sort of misanthropic,
blackened offering you'd expect to hear from any of the Southern Lord folks, but there is a sense that
Rosenqvist is more than aware of the acoustic griminess of a certain Svarte Greiner as he begins his
shadowy journey with 'A Beacon to Lead us There'. Through guitar crackle and ear-pummelling drone we
hear what sounds like very distant screaming voices and small animals scratching at the floor around us
as the earth's surface readies itself for an earthquake. There is the sense throughout that something is
ready to happen, something dangerous but at the same time exciting, a change, and when the track builds
into static and splutters into the second piece 'The Glow of Minerals' we realise that the change has
happened and lasted merely seconds. This track is where the doom escapes whole heartedly and is a
seismic bass-heavy slice of terror, through this however is a glimmer of hope, a feeling that this producer
is merely showing his hope in a different way than we might usually expect. This sentiment is confirmed
when mid way through the EP the gloom turns to gorgeous, melancholic ambience without feeling jarring
or unwelcome. Rather it feels like we always knew this was going to happen, it was always part of the
story but it hadn't quite happened yet. The twenty-minute disc ends with the lo-fidelity hum of 'A Quiet
Gloom', and never has a track been so aptly titled as this - it might be Rosenqvist's vision of acoustic
meltdown, but it is a quiet, sensitive vision and one which can be absorbed by anyone. Absolutely beautiful
and without a shadow of a doubt the finest Jasper TX offering to date - we have 50 copies of this and we
can't get any more so buy quickly if you want to make sure you get one, you know they won't last long!
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