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Svalbarð

by Glåsbird

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phipedro2 A brilliantly atmospheric soundtrack that lets you walk into a unique sound world.
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nmcr01 If I set my foot in the chill emptiness
It will not echo
This land will not applaud
My breathing any more than
The footprints I might leave.
Around me the ghosts who know
The force the cold can bring
Huddle in the muted air
Where ground and sky are merged
And movements are considered
Ahead of time.
The ocean rolls enclosing us.
We learn to take our place
Captives
In a world whose edges we know
Whose moods we understand
Cannot be broken.
The ice will not be tamed by us
It is much the other way. Favorite track: Isbjørnøya.
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    Repress of 2019 release in a run of 100 vinyl-effect CDrs copies, modelled around the classic gatefold vinyl LP. It includes printed front, rear and inner sleeves featuring photography by Aldona Pivoriene, along with a card sleeve which houses a custom printed green vinyl-effect CD. Inside the sleeve there is also a poem by Neil McRoberts

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    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This special limited edition release is in a run of 100 copies, modelled around the classic gatefold vinyl LP. It includes printed front, rear and inner sleeves featuring photography from Svalbard by Aldona Pivoriene, along with a card sleeve which houses a printed vinyl-effect CDr.

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Kaldsår 03:18
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Isbjørnøya 04:49
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Arktiskul 04:09
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Mellomspill 01:46
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Frøhvelv 03:13
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Austfonna 04:52
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Nordskjærgård 03:48
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Breenskygger 03:47
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Langtår 03:52
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Snødrømmer 03:57
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about

In February 2019 we released the debut album by an anonymous artist named Glåsbird, in the form of Grønland, a sonic expedition of Greenland. The album received much critical acclaim despite being from an anonymous artist and was even featured on Bandcamp Daily under their ‘best Ambient’ feature. CD copies of this record have long since sold out, but the Glåsbird continues its flight to a new destination: Svalbard.

Svalbard lies 78 degrees north, is inside the Arctic Circle and had a population of around 2600 people and an estimated 3000 polar bears! Its calendar year divides between the midnight sun and the polar nights. The former is a period of constant daylight and the latter is the opposite. However, the dark season is broken from time to time by spectacular Northern Lights.

In Svalbarð, Glåsbird became immersed once more in this next excursion, through means of Google Earth, 360° photos, blogger accounts of the isles, maps and also, videos by Efterklang who were an obvious reference point with the band having visited.
This time, we are treated to a greater number of tracks, as ten movements weave Modern Classical influenced Ambient soundscapes. The pristine, polished reverb of Grønland is replaced with a slightly muddier, more lo-fi approach to the sound as the artist strived to present a tape-eroded aesthetic to their work. The recordings deal with dramatic landscapes, glaciers, an abandoned coal community, a seed vault, the Island’s capital city Longyearbyen and of course, polar bears. Each piece feels icy cold, yet the warmth and hiss provided by the decaying tape effects provide a comfort blanket for the listener as perhaps you take in these scenes from a lonely cabin, at one with isolation and natural beauty.

The packaging for the album includes photography from Svalbard itself, courtesy of Aldona Pivoriene who is a professional photographer based in Norway. We are also set to release the next Glåsbird album next year. Where will the destination be? For now, we hope you enjoy immersing yourself in this new set of works exploring Svalbard.

credits

released August 10, 2019

Written and produced by Glåsbird
Mastered by James Edward Armstrong
Photography by Aldona Pivoriene (www.aldonapivoriene.com)
Packaging design by Harry Towell

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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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