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norskfj​ǫ​r​ð​r

by glåsbird

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nmcr01
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nmcr01 Neither the land,
Nor the sea it seems
Can decide where the edge
Should be. The long exchange
Between them, folded
Back and forth
Into quiet canyons of ocean
Havens or prisons
Where summer briefly gathers
Life and growth to the hardy
And the clear air watches the slow debate
Between
The shoreline and the waves Favorite track: endeligfjord.
Espressobuzz
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Espressobuzz Discovered via KEXP, Seattle.
Favorite new band this year. Favorite track: grønnefjord.
chris coote
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chris coote no surprise people are tucking into this...
In.Visible.Generator
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In.Visible.Generator Heavy consumed the glasbird albums. And i would tap again and again, that the artist/s are "The Frozen Vaults". Just take a listen on the album "1816". The instrumentation signature on both projects is unmistakeable. And Mr. Towell (founder of whitelabrecs.) is also part of it. But maybe i am complete wrong ;)
docbobster
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docbobster Bought the first Glåsbird album on a whim, and now I eagerly snarf up each new one. These are just sublime. Very original, though about the best I could do to classify them would be in a heretofore unoccupied region halfway between Biosphere (or maybe Loscil) and Steve Tibbetts.
Lost Tribe Sound
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Lost Tribe Sound Each glåsbird album has continued to improve on its strengths. This one is immaculate! It feels like with norskfjorõr, that glåsbird has taken some brave steps forward, developing a language all their own, allowing their obscure instrumentation to rise from the fog and into the forefront. Hands down my favorite glåsbird album thus far.
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stillefjord 03:06
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fjernfjord 03:50
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steinfjord 03:48
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træfjord 03:17
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grønnefjord 04:45
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søvnfjord 04:47
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endeligfjord 05:46

about

Glåsbird's anonymous and imaginary travels to far flung locations continues, with this next excursion landing at the Norwegian fjords. The first two releases dealt with the more treacherous locations of Greenland and Svalbard but in Norskfjǫrðr, the dramatic and breathtaking landscape is underpinned by a road network which connects islands, peninsulas and mountains. A human thread of highway runs through this wild and rugged setting, passing lonely wood cabins and flashes of green.

To reflect this landscape, Glåsbird imagined a journey north to the edge of the Arctic sea over several days, stopping to capture the intimate acoustics of painted wooden shacks and drawing in the landscape through tiny window panes. Whilst the previous releases use reverb-heavy strings or tape-decaying piano to reflect the cold, stark expanse of snow, Norskfjǫrðr makes use of acoustic timbres with more emphasis on the raw sound. Various creaks and scrapes rustle underneath these melodies to reflect the sound from inside the cabin, micro-sound fragments being all the more audible due to the silent outdoors. A hint of folk is present at times in the form of bowed and plucked strings, to reflect the fauna and flora present across the West of Scandinavia. The familiar modern classical tones of piano and strings breathe a stark and chilling spine from time to time before the gently dramatic Endeligfjord marks the end of the journey, looking back out to the Barents sea.

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released March 14, 2020

Written and produced by Glåsbird
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Aldona Pivoriene

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Whitelabrecs England, UK

Whitelabrecs is a record label established in 2016, specialising in highly limited runs of vinyl-effect CDrs and occasional digital-only editions. The discography focuses on contemporary Ambient music, including Drone, Modern Classical and Electro Acoustic. ... more

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