Roll The Dice
Roll The Dice
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.date 2010
.style Electronic
.label Digitalis
.cat.no. digiv018
.source Vinyl
.type Album
.quality VBRkbps 44.1hz Joint-Stereo
.size 70,1 MB
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Though this is the official debut recording from Swedish duo Roll the
Dice, Malcolm Pardon and Peder Mannerfelt are certainly not strangers to
the world of independent music. Mannerfelt has been producing records
for years as The Subliminal Kid and also produces and tours with Fever
Ray while Pardon continously composes for film and television. Having
shared a studio in southern Stockholm for several years, they finally
decided to join forces in something musical. If the original impetus was
little more than sharing a bottle of wine and attempting to make
something different, the final result is something far beyond.
Each session started and ended in the same way. There were to be no
pro-conceived ideas going in, but had to be a completed track at the end
of each day. These forced limitations led to a creative cloudburst,
finding unexpected passages from beginning to end. Elements of early
electronica bleed into hints of minimalists such as Terry Riley and Arvo
PΣrt. Repetition and understated progression engage the listener subtly.
It may bring a piece of Basic Channel to mind, but it's another beast
entirely. Each track consists of only synths and piano. Nothing more. No
computer processing. No drum machines. Pure analog. The result is
something warm and emotive. There may be a murky darkness underlying
these tracks, something almost sinister but there's a streak of
something comfortingly familiar running throughout.
Two years after their first session together they put the finishing
touches on the record through the API desk at the legendary Gr÷ndal
studio in west Stockholm. It is music that etches itself in your mind
like diamond on glass. Pardon and Mannerfelt operate with absolute
precision, expressing raw emotions and ideas that are as flitting as
they are unforgettable. Each new morning is a chance and Roll the Dice
are just getting started.
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01 The New Black 06:10
02 Swing 09:44
03 Guadeloupe 06:32
04 Into the Ground 03:16
05 Axee 06:16
06 After 07:09
07 Undertow 11:06
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50:13 min
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