a r t i s t : Emanuele Errante
t i t l e : Time Elapsing Handheld
d a t e : 2011
l a b e l : Karaoke Kalk
g e n r e : Electronic
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2011
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 72,6 MB
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Time Elapsing Handheld is the third full length album by
Italian experimental musician and soundartist
Emanuele Errante. His debut album Migrations came out in 2007
on Canadian label Apengenine to great acclaim. Along with
Hauschka, Peter Broderick and the Books, Errante remixed his
Karaoke Kalk label?mates Dakota Suite for their a lbum The
Night Just Keeps Coming In. Now with his latest work Time
Elapsing Handheld he releases another long?playing record of
astonishing majesty on Karaoke Kalk. This stunning album kicks
off with the appropriately titled opening track Leaving To
Nowhere, and from the word go the listener is captivated by
the many layers Errante's delicately interwoven sound?scapes.
What's fascinating about Emanuele Errante's work is the way he
combines acoustic sounds and electronic production methods to
great effect. Like on Made To Give which was written in
collaboration with English sound?artist Simon Scott who was
formerly in Slowdive, now one member of Seavault on morr music
(with A Ryan from ISAN) has also worked with Brian Eno,
Machinefabriek, Jasper TX and Nils Frahm among others. Errante
walks a fine line between an organic, analogue timbre on one
hand and the modern digital world on the other. While the
guitar, piano and harp all play a great role on Time Elapsing
Handheld, its never too long before these instantly
recognizable acoustic tones become engulfed by synthesized
strings, sampled noise or digital effects. Time Elapsing
Handheld is accessible on a level that vocal based pop/rock
can never be. And that is the wonderful thing about this kind
of ambient music; it draws on our attention in a completely
different way from traditional song?based music. Rather than
constantly demanding close listening and cramming the
compositions with obvious landmarks in order to grab one's
attention, ambient seeps into the psyche effortlessly ? almost
against the will. In this way it is perhaps the most
subversive music around as it is still taken in when one
thinks one is not really listening; even as background music
ambient sounds such as Errante's have a tremendous impact. In
this way Time Elapsing Handheld plays with our preconceived
perception of music and temporality allowing us a refreshingly
positive new outlook. As Emanuele puts it: Time is a relative
concept. The recording of a song makes infinite the moment of
its execution. But man has not yet succeeded in inventing
a device that can accelerate the passing of time.This strong
metaphysical concept behind the album is illustrated
beautifully in Valentina Russo's stunning cover artwork. And
with one amazing video for Dorian's Mirror already finished by
director MΘanie Skriabine plus Errante currently collaborating
with Italian experimental theater group Acchiappastorie, there
is no lack of visual stimulus to accompany the recordings
contained on Time Elapsing Handheld. Time Elapsing Handheld
will appeal to anyone interested in serious new music and
might be especially interesting for fans of artists such as
Arvo Part, Marsen Jules or Deaf Center. This is definitely
ideal music for contemplation while listening from the
comfortable solitude of headphones. The calm and tranquil
atmospheres that Emanuele Errante evokes lend themselves
perfectly to sitting back and letting the music sweep you
along on a sonic journey.
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01-Leaving the nowhere [07:29]
02-Made to give [05:05]
03-Counterclockwise [06:09]
04-Inner [09:48]
05-Later Earlier [04:29]
06-Dorian's Mirror [05:44]
07-Memoirs [05:29]
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44:13 min