The album admits a wide range of textures, field recordings morphed and treated with nuances and displayed with a massive sonic impact—immersing the listener in a vast river of emotions.
Tag: laaps
Wil Bolton :: Like Floating Leaves (laaps)
The delicate touch is omnipresent in his work, especially in the use of chimes and glockenspiel, but also with sound effects, such as a bit of delay here and there.
Arovane :: Sinter (laaps)
What I hear consistently through each track is a fascination for the drone concept, extended tones, often decorated by interesting and harmonious field sounds and counter tones.
Tomoyoshi Date :: 438Hz As It Is, As You Are (laaps)
Tomoyoshi Date is a musician who knows how to make warm music from a cold laptop. To that end, he uses recordings from a Diapason upright piano in the house of his maternal grandmother’s sister.
Seabuckthorn :: Of No Such Place (laaps)
I especially enjoyed the fact that there is still plenty of room for more experimental sounds and that the delicacy is not the big idea here.
Tomotsugu Nakamura :: Nothing Left Behind (Laaps)
Gentle, melodic, and yet never too easy. Nakamura’s music has an edge; it stays away from the new age world or just be pleasing.
Ecovillage :: The Road Not Taken (laaps)
Overall, this release is a necessary reminder that we have gotten too far away from the intended, natural, human experience.
Taylor Deupree :: Harbor / Small Winters (Laaps / Puremagnetik)
Harbor and Small Winters are two more albums in an impressive string of works by Deupree. Both albums reward careful attention with their subtlety and beauty…
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