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CD - 10 tracks - 47.8 Minutes
Track Listing:
1. Elevation 2. Overcast 3. Erupting Light 4. Circular 5. Ascent 6. Opaque 7. Aether 8. Whiten 9. Into Warmer Air 10. Unveiled
Composed and recorded by Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir in Berlin and Reykjavík Hildur played cello, zither, processors and voice Additional recordings by Skúli Sverrisson, bass and processors on all tracks except track 7 Jóhann Jóhannsson, organs and processors on tracks 2, 3 and 9 Guðni Franzson, clarinet and bass clarinet on tracks 7 and 10
Cello made by David Wiebe in 1991. Cello nr 49
這是冰島女大提琴家/作曲家Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir在Touch出版的首張專輯,07至08年不斷搭機到世界各地演出、工作,讓她開始對雲的形成與產生發生興趣,她說:「我的目標是在這張專輯中透過演奏呈現呼吸的感覺,在音樂中散發天與雲般的意境。我希望讓每粒音符有足夠的空間自由呼吸,就像萬里藍天一朵雲。但另一方面,我同時營造濃密厚重的曲子,就像烏雲蓋頂一樣。我喜歡雲形成的方式,無數小滴累積成深厚的雲層,然後又慢慢揮發成如絲般形狀」
Guðnadóttir的前作《Mount A》在冬日鄉間的黑暗環境下獨自完成的,可說是一張相當孤絕的獨奏作品。而這次《Without Sinking》則在柏林錄音,大部分在2008年夏天錄製完畢,並找來Jóhann Jóhannsson、Skúli Sverrisson,還有她父親Guðni Franzson擔任客席樂手,也讓整張專輯呈現有別於前作更開放的聲音。Guðnadóttir還邀請Valgeir Sigurðsson幫忙在冰島的Greenhouse Studios混音,Denis Blackham在Skye做母帶處理,《Without Sinking》是一張近期難得扣人心弦的聲響/音樂作品。
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