A conceptual album by Holmur on Omnicore Records. This is Boreal Ambient at its best! Dark, brooding drones, pads, sounds, at times beatless, emitting a sense of horror, dread, mental terror.
You feel as if you were actually standing in an arctic region, in dark but star filled night, with the northern light glowing far above at the boundary between earth and the space beyond, feeling the freezing, cold taste of the air around you.
Being a conceptual album, this release follows a story, which is told (or rather, hinted at) in various "Logbog" entries that are interlaced with the regular tracks.
But it's not just "dark ambient drones" on this album; there are elements of Jazz, Techno, Dub, Downbeat, and other Electronica, too, submerged within the sonic architecture.
Dare we say that inspiration by such classic releases as Biosphere's Patashnik, Alec Empire's Low On Ice, or Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works can be found here?
So get into the cold and grim northern night, follow a disturbing and twisted story, and have a listen to this release.
Tracklisting:
Holmur - Thicker Than Water
01. Logbog Part 1
02. Thicker Than Water
03. Logbog Part 2
04. Corner Surveillance
05. Logbog Part 3
06. Rooftops
07. Logbog Part 4
08. Mountain Lodge
09. Logbog Part 5
10. Late Night TV
11. The Rain
12. Logbog Part 6
13. Alive
14. Hunted
All tracks by Holmur
Omnicore 22
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