[HF] Myrmyr-The Amber Sea-2009-BCC

Artist : Myrmyr
Title : The Amber Sea
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2009
Date : 01/2010
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 08
Label : Digitalis
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 46:35 min
Size : 53,0 MB

Tracklist:
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01.jurata 03:44
02.baltic winds 02:32
03.first seed 05:21
04.silver rooster 04:38
05.the sea returns 14:53
06.egle's escape 06:09
07.dancing in captivity 05:59
08.the story begins 03:19
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46:35 min

*Try and imagine the kind of broken
drones and edgy experimentation Ben
Frost makes crossed with the strings of
Hildur Gudnadottir and the sea shanties
of Matt Elliott and you'll get some
ideas of the incredible, deeply original
music of Myrmyr* This Oakland duo brings
together Agnes Szelag with Marielle
Jakobsons (aka Darwinsbitch) for a debut
album consisting of incredible modified
sea shanties, cinematic-style ensemble
pieces and folk/drone hybrids that have
just blown our minds. 'Jurata' opens the
album with a suspenseful opacity, loaded
with string and harmonium drones while
vocals drift along in a ghostly,
haunting fashion. Somewhere in the
background percussion jostles,
occasionally sounding like faulty
central heating, and ultimately making a
seamless transition into 'Baltic WInds',
whose fractured bowed tones make for a
semi-conscious soundscape while electro
-static, processed bells clang and
cascade around the edges. 'First Seed'
is a far more clear-cut affair,
concentrating on the tightly
orchestrated confluence of cello,
clarinet, flute and trombone for a deep
and cinematic piece of music. From here
on the sophistication and depth of
variation in this music only seems to
heighten: 'Egle's Escape' presents a
dark avant-folk universe (bringing to
mind Mi & L'au, Pantaleimon and Espers
all at once), while the string melodies
and wonderful, thorny harp textures of
'Dancing In Captivity' suggest a kind of
gothic avant-garde. Perhaps best of all,
at the centre of this album lies 'The
Sea Returns', a radiant fifteen minute
composition that starts out as a
tentative ambient excursion - full of
lulling drones and fragmented
instrumental eruptions - only to
seemingly wake up after a few minutes of
languid swirling, eventually developing
into a complex soundscape full of
euphoric dissonance, spurts of noise and
plenty of harmonic flair. There's a
tremendous amount to take in here and
you won't be able to absorb even half of
this album upon first listen, but in
terms of its vision, and the roving
musical dexterity on show throughout,
it's one of the most unique and
absorbing albums we've heard this year.

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