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Cat: ASIPV 009. Rel: 28 Aug 17
Ambient/Drone

Side 1 - Track 1. Pilgrim Side 1 - Track 2. We Just Scratched The Surface Side 1 - Track 3. Ein Kleines Lied Side 2 - Track 1. Walk On Leaves Side 2 - Track 2. Dornenreich Side 2 - Track 3. It Turned Blue Side 3 - Track 1. Lightbeams Side 3 - Track 2. Perpetuum II Side 3 - Track 3. The Return Side 4 - Track 1. Lyyrian Side 4 - Track 2. Morning Fog Side 4 - Track 3. Stars Collide

Mary Anne Hobbs has been waxing lyrical about this sophomore collaborative set from Arovane and Hior Chronik, and it's easy to see why. The album's genius lies in the duo's atmospheric combination of crackling field recordings, lucid electronic instrumentation, and the melancholic poignancy of classic piano motifs. While they're naturally more at home delivering atmospheric, slowly unfurling ambient pieces - and there are plenty scattered across the album - the production pair's more up-tempo efforts are generally equally as impressive. Tracks such as "Lightbeams", 'Perpetum II" and "Eines Klein Lied", where their beautiful music is underpinned by bustling and bubbly machine percussion, are particularly impressive.