a r t i s t : Hildur Gudnad≤ttir
t i t l e : Mount A
d a t e : 2010
l a b e l : touch
g e n r e : Chamber Music
r l s. d a t e : Aug/2010
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 68,1 MB
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On September 4 Touch will release Mount A, a full-length album
by Hildur Gudnadottir.
Originally issued as Lost In Hildurness by 12 T≤nar in 2006,
it was the first official solo release from Gudnadottir, who
is a member of Nix Noltes and regularly performs with M·m and
Pan Sonic. Her instrumental palette here includes cello (the
instrument for which she is best known), gamba, zither, khuur
and gamelan; recording took place in New York and a house in
H≤lar, Iceland, specifically chosen for its good cello
acoustics. The album has been freshly mastered by Denis
Blackham for Touch.
Unlike last yearÆs terrific Without Sinking, which featured
contributions from Johann Johannsson among others, Mount A is
a comprehensively solo effort, and its sound is accordingly
intimate. That sense of intimacy reinforced by the cover of
the Touch edition, a portrait of Gudnadottir by Jon
Wozencroft; itÆs something of a departure for Wozencroft,
whose photography usually focuses on unpeopled landscapes.
(www.factmag.com/2010/07/29/hildur-gudnadottir-presents-
mount-a-on-touch)
(www.discogs.com/Hildur-Gu%C3%B0nad%C3%B3ttir-Mount-
A/release/2388567)
(www.hildurness.com)
(www.myspace.com/hildurness)
(www.touchmusic.org.uk)
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01-Light [04:19]
02-Floods [03:28]
03-Casting [06:31]
04-Shadowed [02:19]
05-Self [06:35]
06-Growth [03:34]
07-In Gray [03:21]
08-My [02:32]
09-Reflection [07:28]
10-Earbraces [03:26]
11-You [10:04]
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53:37 min