wonderful layering.. the bass is so immersive as you float above it

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artist: Rathrobin https://soundcloud.com/rathrobin
album: Ear to the Ground (NR016)
release date: 31st January 2022
duration: 36 minutes
edition: digital + limited edition CD

Naviar's first solo release of the year is the stunning concept album "Ear to the Ground" by electroacoustic duo Rathrobin.

Exploring the themes of memory and yearning, Ear to the Ground is a sonic journal of intertwined personal experiences: two nomadic authors pouring their creativity and feelings in a blank canvas that becomes a breathtaking collection of electroacoustic songs.

When Pier and Beth contacted me to release their album, I was mesmerized by the mood and poignancy of their soundscapes.
Ear to the Ground is cinematic music at its best: powerful and enveloping, inviting the listener on a journey that speaks of human nature, life, and personal evolution. Beth's voice gently guides us and hovers over Pier's captivating ambient layers, adding further depth to a multifaceted album that evolves together with the listener.

The main themes of ‘Ear to the Ground’ are time, memory and nostalgia, which are realized through textural, layered, emotive and evocative soundscapes.

During six years of collaboration, inevitably, the artists' own memories, experiences and lives were interwoven throughout the album, and their own, somewhat nomadic lifestyles reflected another significant theme of the album: the meaning of home.

Vocals, field recordings, digital and analogue instruments move through the album as a way for the artists and listeners to process experiences from the past and conjure thoughts of the future.

The album’s making was a long but consistent process and invariably included some periods of furious creativity and others of quiet contemplation.

About Rathrobin:

Beth Chesser (UK) and Pier Giorgio Storti (Italy) collaborated virtually, over a six-year period whilst simultaneously exploring the world, living in various countries. After meeting on Soundcloud they quickly began working on their first collaborative album, ‘Ear to the Ground’. Each are musicians in their own right, both have performed in live bands and a multitude of recorded musical projects. The collaboration sees Pier contribute his multi-instrumental aptitude with Beth’s vocals, and digital music compositions. All the tracks from their debut album have been recorded in various locations: Italy, UK, Singapore and Finland between 2015 and 2020.

Rathrobin - Ear To The Ground (teaser)

Atari Punk Console DIY Eurorack Kit from Ghostizer into Doepfer Multimode VCF A121-3 into Mutable Clouds Clone from Tunefish, LFOs from Doepfer Quad LFO A145-4 and Delta-V (Cosmotronic) mixed and attentuated  running into Filter CV and APC CV.

No external processing, audio straight from Eurorack into Audio Interface.

Atari Punk Console Drone  (live session)

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perf. by Talvi Nurgamaa (Ensemble for New Music Tallinn)

"Psalms" for viola d'amore (2008, vers. 2023)

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Sinking into the Dark I -  Excerpt Live@KM28, Berlin 06.12.19

Big thanks to n`° https://soundcloud.com/znuj for another great artwork.

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Intermedia artist and passionate about electronic music, I decided in 2016 to set up on my own in this new field...
Through the 'ResonantLines' project I follow my instinct... in between dark ambient, rhythmic structures, atmospheric, abstract and experimental vibes, sometimes in combination with my visuals (videos and animations).
Greetings from Belgium!

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