Traject - Birting / CD

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£12.95
date in:
7/6/2009

catalogue number:
CS017CD

genre: Electronica/IDM
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Description of Traject Birting

Traject is the working name of Icelandic minimal ambient techno and electroacoustic experimental composer Gisli Thor Gudmundsson, whose only previous solo release was the 2004 mini-album 'Strengir Hrynja' on Zurich label spezial material, a record which won favourable comparisons to Autechre, Gescom and Ken Ishii. Igloo Magazine described Traject's work as "slow dancing to geological time shifts where epochs are compressed down into sonic history lessons and the pop and click of shifting rock evolves alongside the hiss and hum of changing weather and lunar wave patterns", while The Wire said "this superb debut is a small masterpiece of abstract, deep sea techno, recalling the golden moments of 90s Intelligent Dance Music... there's an immense sonic depth and range on display in these pieces, a hyperreal opulence that makes for an experience almost too delicous to indulge in without feeling guilty. Now joining Ceative Space, his first full album is one of the most ambitious releases yet for the adventurous Athenean label. Offering 14 tracks of ice cold electronics, ritualistic ambient techno and obscure rhythmical experiments, 'Birting' is seriously some of the most epically impressive left-field electronica to be heard in recent years.

Track details:

1. Penrose
2. Bjart er yfir
3. Umkringdur/Umsatur
4. Hvergi
5. Mistur
6. Samkoman
7. 0718
8. Doom and siesta time
9. Metropolis
10. The horns are gone
11. Campfire scene
12. Stalomur
13. Eg sofna

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