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Chasyng Drakens

by Ozbolt

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Nickie Harte Kelly
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Nickie Harte Kelly Ozbolt returns with a lovely, mostly ambient release. As always, haunting and ethereal, there is a real sense of space in the music, even though it is actually densely layered. There’s a lot of treasure to be found when one is Chasyng Drakens, it would seem. Favorite track: Mysteries Of The Fynbos.
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Bevan Holloway Lovely loopy rhythms, layers that envelop, and a warm, playful inventiveness that intrigues and rewards repeated listens. Highly recommended.
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    This special limited edition release is in a run of 100 copies, modeled around the classic gatefold vinyl LP. It includes printed front, rear and inner sleeves featuring photography by the artist, with design by Andrew Heath. There is also a card sleeve housing a vinyl-effect CDr.
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1.
Yielbongura 04:38
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2.
Humility Point 07:01
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3.
Mysteries Of The Fynbos 03:57
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4.
Harkerville Coastal Trail 08:12
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5.
The Battle Cave Biltong Robbery 03:39
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Peace, Rain, Prosperity 07:56
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Deja Vu 11:33
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about

Ozbolt is the moniker of Germany-based artist Andy Ozbolt, who also records as Andy Aquarius. Andy’s music has appeared on labels such as Hush Hush, Constellation Tatsu, 7k! and Shimmering Moods to name but a few. His work as Andy Aquarius tends to focus on his Celtic Harp compositions whereas Ozbolt is a tribute to his Croatian heritage, capturing the essence of external landscapes and offering sonic reflections of specific places in time. In an album shaped by adventure, wonder, and the ineffable essence of lived experience, here Andy presents us with his Whitelabrecs debut Chasyng Drakens. This latest work stems from a transformative journey through the Drakensberg mountains of South Africa, blending the organic textures of field recordings with the ethereal resonance of the Celtic harp.

The album’s origins trace back to a chance experiment—setting up a rental harp in a coastal tree to let the wind play its strings. The resulting tones were so captivating that Andy sought to preserve them, leading to the spontaneous collection of field recordings throughout his travels. Upon returning to Berlin, these atmospheric recordings became the foundation for Chasyng Drakens, inspiring a flurry of creativity that saw most of the album come together in just two weeks. Layers of harp, from muted plucks to synthesized tones, intertwine with analog synths, rhythmic samples, and contributions from South African musicians on saxophone, flute and voice.

At its heart, Chasyng Drakens is a time capsule, as an attempt to translate the profound solitude and discovery of solo travel into an immersive sonic tapestry. While each track stands alone, the unifying presence of field recordings pulls them into a singular, cohesive world, evoking the shifting landscapes and fleeting moments of Andy’s journey.

This album serves both to document space and time, and as an invitation to open up a portal into the wonder of the unknown, and get a sense of the place and circumstance it was made. Ozbolt has captured here the raw joy of exploration, weaving sound and memory into a musical map of an extraordinary adventure, complete with photography captured on the trip. The rest of the story is for our own imagination.

credits

released April 19, 2025

Written, recorded and produced by Andy Ozbolt
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Analog photography by Andy Ozbolt
Art and design by Andrew Heath

Saxophone on Yielbongura by Chant Messina
Flute on Harkerville Coastal Trail by Jonathan Velthuysen
A field recorder, kindly provided by Gerdus Oosthuizen, was destroyed in the process of creation.

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Whitelabrecs is a record label from Lincolnshire (UK) established in 2016, specialising in highly limited runs of vinyl-effect CDrs and digital-only editions. The label is managed by its founder Harry Towell, who records music as Glåsbird.

The label's discography focuses on contemporary Ambient music, including Drone, Modern Classical and Electro Acoustic. ... more

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