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與Biosphere是同鄉的Per Henrik在挪威電子音樂界闖蕩多年。有次他意外在祖父位於山上的穀倉裡找到一台老舊的傳統挪威箏琴harpeleik,激發他從數位電音轉換到民俗樂器演奏,回歸自己文化的根源與環境。在這張專輯上,他即興演奏挪威已近乎失傳的民俗樂器(除了箏還有兩種號角),經過電腦處理後,低調而溫柔的聲響泛著寧靜光輝,呈現的景象並非冰封峽灣,而是陰鬱森林。
True story, as told by Per Henrik Svalastog himself: “I found an old Norwegian zither laying around my grandfather’s barn in the mountains. It appeared that he had been a fiddler before he lost all his fingers at the sawmill and convertet to become a hardcore pietist setting down a prohibition against music, dancing, card-playing and television. That made me want to convert as well, from digital medias to real playing. From electronica to folk music. Back to the sources. Heritage and environment.” So it goes that Per Henrik is playing and improvising on archaic folk instruments like the ram's horn and harpeleik, which is a Norwegian zither. He is then processing it all in the computer, resulting in a detailed and accomplished but soothing and quite hypnotic music. Taking the music out of the city and into the Norwegian woods, and not the arctic regions, as is the popular image if you come from Tromso and is associated with electronic music. Per Henrik Svalastog is also a member of Information who released the excellent “Biomekano” (RCD2024) on Rune Grammofon in 2002. The previous year he did a stunning SPUNK remix for their “Filtered Through Friends” collection (RCD2022), a track that is also available on the “Until Human Voices Wake Us And We Drown” vinyl box set.
Released 07.08.06
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