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Johnny Johnny

from 'Blossoms In Red' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den243
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/ensembleeconomique]

Based in Californian Humboldt County, Brian Pyle wanders the world on his countless travels. Far from being restless, he has his very own Pylesque way of travelling. Much like a Lynchian version of Hemingway, he has an eye for the thin layer between restlessness and relaxation, gloom and serenity. Wherever he goes, he ardently absorbes these nuances, rarefies them and moulds them into a seamless array of glimmering styles, from drone and ambient to shoegaze and post-wave, giving birth to yet another creation of his prolific Ensemble Economique project.
On his by now eleventh album and fourth Denovali release "Blossoms In Red", Pyle combines and perfects elements of his previous output into a cohesive narrative. The opener "From The Train Window, Red Flowers On The Mountain" is a surprisingly scarce ambient piece, which feels like an almost infinitely stretched precious moment of time. Despite being austere, it is warm, sublime and incredibly captivating and after listening to its full 8 minutes, one cannot help but to rewind and replay. Having barely escaped this seductively infinite loop, one encounters the title track "Blossoms In Red" featuring Portland electronic duo Soft Metals. Starting off with a characteristic sluggish programmed beat, one is immediately overpowered by the onset of the towering combination of a warm bassline and a shimmering synth ambience. As the track flows, these elements writhe around each other in a delicately beautiful fashion, absorbing the materialising wailing guitar which almost sounds like an ethereal voice, as well as the occasional melodic and rhythmic accents. The next track sees this guitar return in a rather pure form. "On The Sand", featuring jack-of-all-trades Peter Broderick, is essentially just reduced analogue drums, electric guitar, a simple vibrating bassline and hoarse almost spoken vocals. Slowly and methodically, these constituents form a captivating erotic ritual, much like a beguiling and hypnotic mandala procession of imperturbable blissful individuals on the beach. As proven on numerous occasions, Pyle can easily lead all his trumps in the presence of female lead vocals, and "Blossoms In Red" makes no exception. Indeed, "You, By Candlelight" is easily the best Ensemble Economique track with female vox to date. Pyle manages to embed the vocals just in the right minimal amount of instrumental layers, making the track radiate an elusive tranquility. The fifth and closing track "Nothing Is Perfect" is a classically tinged piano piece with only very little processing and sparse field recording samples. With all pieces of the album, Pyle manages to create tracks which feel like being composed only of two or three layers of sound, that are nevertheless allowed to develop a life cycle which seems incredibly long - track lengths vary from 6:30 to 8:10 - but still feels just right. Thus "Blossoms In Red" is probably Ensemble Economique's most minimalistic album, but at the same time - or maybe just for this reason - his most skilled work.

Blossoms In Red

Ensemble Economique - On The Sand (feat. Peter Broderick)

“The chorus was initially recorded as a demo in 2014, with only guitars and vocals. We re-discovered it during the summer of 2015 and completed the song. It was a breaking point for us in the process of writing the new material, as it set the whole identity of the EP.” //NOVAH

Debut EP "Alaska" will be released this spring. 

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Revolution

Kapnorth – Chaos
Video: 

© 2016 Kapnorth (www.kapnorth.com)

Chaos

Kapnorth – Ghostly Love (Single)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJX5ZXSyEtw

© 2016 Kapnorth (www.kapnorth.com)

Ghostly Love

"1973" by Beth Orton from the album 'Kidsticks,' available May 27th
Pre-order here: https://BethOrton.lnk.to/Kidsticks

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Beth Orton - 1973

Einfach los lassen.
Einfach in die Stille hinein lauschen.
Ist da etwas?
Der Moment wenn du aufhörst zudenken, dem Verstand etwas Ruhe gibst.
Die Konzentration liegt bei deinem Atem, tief ein und langsam aus.
Die Augen sind geschlossen.
Du fühlst diesen Raum in dir.
Die Verbundenheit mit allem und nichts. 
Die Verbundenheit mit dir.
Da gibt es etwas! 
Schwer in Worte zu fassen. 
Eher wie eine vage Erinnerung, vllt. ein schöner Moment aus der Kindheit.
Ein Gefühl gespeist aus einer unerschöpflichen Energiequelle.
In hektischen Zeiten vergisst man oft das sie da ist.
Doch jetzt erinnerst du dich.
Vertrauen in das Leben und deinen Weg.
All zu leicht vergessen wir das, aber es ist da.
Du löst dich aus dem Zustand, um eine kostbare reicher.
Und plötzlich hast du die Lösung, gefühlte Stunden lang bedacht und urplötzlich ist sie da.
Ein Lachen schleicht sie auf deine Lippen.
Ein wunderschönes Gefühl, erfüllt von der Lösung die du so lange gesucht hast.
Du kannst nun endgültig los lassen.
Viel Spaß mit dem neuen KataHaifisch Podcast.

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KataHaifisch Podcast 019 - Contenance & Miles Away

Elia, Marius, David und Jonas von der Luzerner Band Kapnorth waren zu Besuch im Radio 3FACH und haben erzählt wie es dazu kam, dass sie im Sommer beim Produzenten Birgir Jón Birgisson (u.a. auch von Sigur Rós) ein Album aufnehmen können und wie sie mittels Crowdfunding einen Teil der anfallenden Kosten bezahlen möchten.

Kapnorth im Gaffa

Album: Thunder Lightning Storm
Release: 25.01.2012 (Goldon Records / Irascible)

Kapnorth play dreamy, frank and sometimes odd music. The band recorded their debut album in the famed studio of Sigur Ros in Iceland in summer 2012. Birgir Jon Birgirsson was the help and guidance they needed to do so. Kapnorth are Elia, Dave, Marius and Jonas.

Chaos

KAPNORTH

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