Artist : Pjusk
Title : Sval
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2010
Date : 03/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 12
Label : 12k
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 64:38 min
Size : 77,2 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Valldal 07:34
02.Sus 06:35
03.Juv 01:12
04.Byge 01:18
05.Demring 03:35
06.Skygge 05:23
07.Dis 08:36
08.Skumring 06:34
09.Glimt 07:05
10.Vidde 08:00
11.Skodde 05:55
12.Dunkel 02:51
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64:38 min
Pjusk is Rune Sagevik and Jostein Dahl
Gjelsvik from the west coast of Norway û
both from small villages close to
nature. The sound of Pjusk is inspired
by the harsh Norwegian weather and wild
landscape. At the center point of the
collaboration between the two is an old
cabin high up in the mountains. This is
where most of the music of Pjusk is made
û framed by snowy peaks and the sound of
cold streams.
Sval is the second full-length release
by Pjusk. Their debut album, Sart
(12k1042, 2007), came as a very welcome
surprise to listeners and was heralded
in the press as an incredibly strong,
deep, and mature album for a debut
artist. Boomkat (UK) called it ôan album
which truly stands out, and will no
doubt incite the sound of jaws dropping
for the rest of the year.ö While Sart
explored a number of the different paths
that Pjusk takes û from deep ambient, to
near-IDM rhythmics and back to guitar-
twinged experimentations û Sval is an
absolutely focused album that sees Pjusk
settle into the style they are most
comfortable creating: lush, wet,
textured ambience. Restrained and warm,
and keeping the barren Norwegian
landscape close to heart, Pjusk has
quite effectively drawn the connection
between the warmly lit cabin in the
mountains and the polar environs right
outside their door.
Deep, deep textures that stretch the
horizon, beautiful wisps of ghostly
vocals, and murky percolating beats that
seem trapped beneath thick layers of ice
û Pjusk have stripped away any excesses
from Sart and delivered a wonderfully
singular vision with Sval.
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