Jasper TX
Black Sleep
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.date 2008
.style Ambient
.label Miasmah
.cat.no. MIACD008
.source CDDA
.type Album
.quality VBRkbps 44.1hz Joint-Stereo
.size 58,4 MB
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*INCREDIBLE ALBUM COMBINING THE EMOTIVE INSTRUMENTAL WORK OF THE COCTEAU
TWINS WITH A DARK LINE IN DENSE REDUCTION REMINISCENT OF DEATHPROD WITH
A DEEP, HARROWING CINEMATIC QUALITY* Returning to his solo work after
assisting in the triumphant post-rock of De La Mancha's Atlas,
multitalented Swede Dag Rosenqvist arrives at the Miasmah imprint with a
sound that's been greatly honed and refined since it last graced our
ears. 'Black Sleep' lives up to the dark, dreamscape suggestions of its
title, sounding more concerned with beautifully crafted drones than
previous entries into the Jasper TX discography, introducing itself with
the resonant glare of soft feedback on 'Pt.I', a piece led by a kind of
rhythmic pulse, beating quietly and impatiently in the background, only
to eventually dissipate into a wash of noise frequencies and unassuming
acoustic guitar arpeggiations. Next, 'Pt.II' explores Oren Ambarchi-like
low frequency tones and engine room rumble, only for 'Pt.III' to switch
things around, approximating the Twin Peaks theme via a guitar and organ
arrangement, the end result of which provides one of the album's most
sweetly melodic, yet implicitly unnerving moments. You can hear
Rosenqvist's sound design expertise blossoming on the tactile
electroacoustic textures of 'Pt. IV', a composition that introduces
itself with two minutes of quiet, evocatively rendered creaking and
muddied crackling sounds before opening up into a sea of sustain and
drifting, distant harmonic signals. Finally, Black Sleep reaches its
creative peak during the nineteen-minute climax of 'Pt.VI', which sees
some of the most ambitious and fully realised music of Jasper TX's
career to date, marrying processed instrumental passages (most notably
some spiralling, dulcimer-like phrases towards the beginning) with
carefully pieced together field recordings and the kind of intangible,
completely immersive drones that only the very finest purveyors of the
art can summon up. Absolutely first class - and another amazing release
from the Miasmah label.
Tracklisting:
1 Black Sleep Part I (9:13)
2 Black Sleep Part II (3:58)
3 Black Sleep Part III (5:32)
4 Black Sleep Part IV (4:52)
5 Black Sleep Part V (8:56)
6 Black Sleep Part VI (19:10)
http://www.discogs.com/release/1382371
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01 Black Sleep 51:44
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51:44 min
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