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First time ever on vinyl! 2xLP on 140g Translucent Blue in Milky Clear vinyl with insert. Limited to 300.
Aarktica’s influential 2000 debut approaches glacial guitar ambient from a post-rock perspective, enveloping the listener into a new sonic world of haunting, aquatic darkness and shimmering tonal light. On the 25th anniversary of the artist’s most popular work, this faithfully remastered edition — handled by ambient/electronic pioneer Taylor Deupree — shines a subtle new light on this classic, reminding why the resonance of these compositions remains strong after all these years.
One can hear melodic reflections of Durutti Column and Felt, as well as those of modern composers like La Monte Young and Ingram Marshall, submerged in the oceanic waves of distortion and delay. All the sounds are coming from a guitar and pedals (and a voice, in one instance) with no synthesizers. And yet, (Aarktica sole member) Jon DeRosa's classical background also provides a compositional framework for how these tracks unfold. It's this merging of seemingly disparate styles into something singular and unique that makes it special.
25 years later, DeRosa’s guitar work still sounds innovative, generating tones that sound like shifting icebergs and subzero winds across a desolate tundra. And then all at once conjuring something so gentle, crystalline and comforting as a warm hearth in the midst of an ice storm. It’s a deeply affecting listening experience that continues to resonate after all these years.
Tracklist:
| A1 | Glacia | |
| A2 | Indie | |
| B1 | Elena | |
| B2 | You Have Cured A Million Ghosts From Roaming in My Head | |
| C1 | Inebria | |
| C2 | The Ice (Feels Three Feet Thick Between Us) | |
| D1 | Welcome Home | |
| D2 | I Remember Life Above The Surface |
