a r t i s t : Tape
t i t l e : Opera Plus
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : HΣpna (H.40)
g e n r e : Electronic
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2008
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 73,7 MB
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Opera plus is a reissue of Opera (HΣpna H.9), with three new
tracks taken from the original 2002 sessions. Now in digipak
with new cover art.
This is what Stephan Mathieu, artist of HΣpna has to write
about this release: "It was in April 2003 when I met TapeÆs
Johan Berthling and HΣpna co-founder Klas Augustsson in
Stockholm for the first time. They handed me a proper pile of
CDs, and to me it was love at first sight. I was truly
intrigued by HΣpnaÆs colourful blend of different releases
covering a spectrum from sound art, field recordings, improv,
minimalism, folk and chamber rock. And there was Opera, the
debut by Tape, which managed to sum up the labels brilliant
catalogue.
A week after this meeting I wrote in a review û öUsing a wide
array of instruments like guitar, harmonium, melodica, field
recordings, percussion, computer, harmonica, zither, piano,
accordion, soprano sax and trumpet, Tape's music lives at the
intersection of a 21st century chamber music and an imaginary
folklore. I write this on a train from Weimar to Berlin (the
distance to my girls at home is growing bigger and this always
makes me feel a little melancholic), riding through the
marvellous green and sun-flooded Mark-Brandenburg countryside.
Slowly passing by vast yellow rape fields and ancient,
abandoned factories, the music on my headphones seems to fit
almost too perfectly. The sun and nature are certainly core
ingredients of Opera and its slowly floating melodies carry
the spirit of travel, not on an aircraft, but submerged in a
landscape instead.ö
In the meantime Tape have distilled their sound with their
following albums Milieu, Rideau and the most recent
collaboration with Tenniscoats more and more into an organic
song-like format. While all of them are excellent, TapeÆs
essence can be found in Opera. Listening to Opera again after
almost six years, it proofs to be a truly great and timeless
album." // Stephan Mathieu, January 2008
http://www.hapna.com
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01-Bell Mountain [03:37]
02-Fire Made Of Bones [06:04]
03-Leafed Hands [05:48]
04-Feeler [04:25]
05-Summa [04:35]
06-Cookie Drum (Reads Too Much) [04:34]
07-Radiolaria [06:15]
08-Longitude [06:23]
09-Noises From A Hill [03:44]
10-Return To Ship [04:49]
11-Terraces [06:04]
12-Chord Mountain [05:14]
13-Rut [02:20]
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63:52 min