Billow Observatory

First track from the new album, entitled "II: Plains/Patterns", out on Azure Vista Records March 31!

CD/DL/LP (vinyl limited to 300 copies!). Preorder here: https://billowobservatory.bandcamp.com/

Billow Observatory – the trans-atlantic duo consisting of Detroit's Jason Kolb (Auburn Lull) and Danish producer Jonas Munk (Manual) – are back with a follow-up to the their debut album from 2012. 

”II: Plains/Patterns” departs from the first LP’s amorphous ambient haze with a more rigid, albeit subtle, underpinning of rhythm and pulse. The duo’s obsession with “place and space” comes clearly into focus with an album that draws deeply from Munk and Kolb’s individual proximity to the geographically distant, but oddly similar, sounds of Germany and Michigan, past and present. 

 Traces of shoegaze, modern minimal electronica, and kosmische appear on every track, but are mutated into something mysterious and new. ”Pulsus”, for example, opens the album with a driving teutonic stutter and washes of serene guitar loops that are punctuated by bursts of filtered synth patterns; a combination that seamlessly bridges the gaps between disparate genres and periods of time. 

 Centerpiece, ”Plains”, expands the ambient formula into an inspired epic in three parts, where swells of processed guitars, distant voices and faint echoes of Detroit techno are weaved together to form a kaleidoscopic whole. And tracks such as ”Vex” and ”Plum” seem to pay as much homage to Slowdive and Eno's Harold Budd collaborations as to the modern minimalism from Cologne or Berlin.

Plains

New record, "II: Plains/Patterns", out March 31! CD, download and vinyl (limited to 300 copies). Order here:

https://azurevistarecords.bandcamp.com/

Billow Observatory – the trans-atlantic duo consisting of Detroit's Jason Kolb (Auburn Lull) and Danish producer Jonas Munk (Manual) – are back with a follow-up to the their debut album from 2012.

”II: Plains/Patterns” departs from the first LP’s amorphous ambient haze with a more rigid, albeit subtle, underpinning of rhythm and pulse. The duo’s obsession with “place and space” comes clearly into focus with an album that draws deeply from Munk and Kolb’s individual proximity to the geographically distant, but oddly similar, sounds of Germany and Michigan, past and present.

Traces of shoegaze, modern minimal electronica, and kosmische appear on every track, but are mutated into something mysterious and new. ”Pulsus”, for example, opens the album with a driving teutonic stutter and washes of serene guitar loops that are punctuated by bursts of filtered synth patterns; a combination that seamlessly bridges the gaps between disparate genres and periods of time.

Centerpiece, ”Plains”, expands the ambient formula into an inspired epic in three parts, where swells of processed guitars, distant voices and faint echoes of Detroit techno are weaved together to form a kaleidoscopic whole. And tracks such as ”Vex” and ”Plum” seem to pay as much homage to Slowdive and Eno's Harold Budd collaborations as to the modern minimalism from Cologne or Berlin.

II: Plains/Patterns 

Pulsus

From the new Billow Observatory album "II: Plains/Patterns" out now! 

Get it from www.azurevistarecords.bandcamp.com

Billow Observatory: "Vex"

Pre-order here:
http://felte.bandcamp.com/album/billow-observatory
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/601376-billow-observatory-billow-observatory

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Billow Observatory - Pankalia

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http://felte.bandcamp.com/album/billow-observatory
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Billow Observatory - Slow Billows

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Release date is December 4, 2013.

Billow Observatory - Calumet

Mysteries Of The Deep Podcast, Chapter X. Winter's Hazy Serenade by Billow Observatory.

Tracklist:

1. Roedelius: Schöne Welt 
2. Seefeel: Ch-Vox 
3. Flying Saucer Attack: Whole Day Song 
3. Orcas: Standard Error 
4. Kiln: Drala 
5. Hammock: Eighty-four thousand hymns 
6. Aix Em Klemm: The Luxury of Dirt 
7. Isan: Uim 
8. Hatchback: Hotaru

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http://felte.bandcamp.com/album/billow-observatory
http://soundcloud.com/felte

Mysteries Of The Deep X - BILLOW OBSERVATORY | WINTER'S HAZY SERENADE

A dreamy summer journey through the minds of Jonas Munk and Jason Kolb from Billow Observatory. 

For more information and track notes visit: http://asip.me/isolatedmix39

Tracklist:
01. Lovesliescrushing - Halo 
02. Slowdive - Moussaka Chaos 
03. Landing - Migration 
04. Waterwheel - Jejune 
05. Auburn Lull - Gunpowderbluedragon (Kiln rebuild of 'Arc of an Outsider') 
06. Fennesz - A Year in a Minute 
07. JD Emmanuel - Part V, At-One-Ment 
08. Tape - Root Tattoo 
09. Boards of Canada - Ataronchronon 
10. The Verve - A Beautiful Mind 
11. To Rococo Rot - Die Dinge Das Lebens

isolatedmix 39 - Billow Observatory: Summer Memories

Azure Vista Records is an independently owned and operated label based in Odense, Denmark with a strong focus on blissed-out electronic sounds!