Thomas Köner - Novaya Zemlya

Snaffled the mp3s (VBR) from Amazon for £2.67. Bargain ;-)

Really loving this album. Koner is so good at transporting the listener.

  On 6/21/2012 at 5:44 AM, o00o said:

does he use paul stretch all the time? lol

Nothing like that (thankfully - that's become the sonic equivalent of the hipstermatic effect that seems to be on everything these days), just simple resampling at lower pitches (generally a couple of octaves). It definitely corroborates what he told you about using mostly just regular instruments as a sound source.

  On 6/21/2012 at 12:41 PM, mcbpete said:

  On 6/21/2012 at 5:44 AM, o00o said:

does he use paul stretch all the time? lol

Nothing like that (thankfully - that's become the sonic equivalent of the hipstermatic effect that seems to be on everything these days), just simple resampling at lower pitches (generally a couple of octaves). It definitely corroborates what he told you about using mostly just regular instruments as a sound source.

I tried resampling his tracks in live and it sounds really interesting like snippets of a normal very good movie sounddesign. neat find. He said he records his stuff in a common fashion and shifts or isolates overtones sometimes.

  On 6/21/2012 at 8:57 AM, Lucy Faringold said:

Snaffled the mp3s (VBR) from Amazon for £2.67. Bargain ;-)

 

Really loving this album. Koner is so good at transporting the listener.

koner in mp3 is , you could be missing a lot of important frequencies.

very much agree with koner being able to transport the listener.

track 3 on this album is really incredible, it forced me to stop doing everything and just submerge myself in it, and when those muted piano notes hit...must be the most beautiful moment in koner discography i remember, after tabula smaragdina of course.

  On 6/21/2012 at 8:24 PM, eugene said:

when those muted piano notes hit...must be the most beautiful moment in koner discography i remember

Just reached that bit myself - goooooorrrgeous ! It's like a much more minimal and delicate version of Brian Eno and Harold Budd's The Plateaux Of Mirror (if that's possible !)

On double vinyl for those interested. It's a shame that the D side was left blank though...

http://touchshop.org...products_id=549

finally got around to listening to this last night. such an amazing release, especially the third piece! looking forward to his liveset next month :) .

If flying out to London didn't cost a $1,000 I'd be going to that Touch 30 event, haha. Let us know how it is. Looks like a dream line-up. The workshops look interesting as well.

Wait, there's a what?! I wanna go, link me up!

http://www.last.fm/f...es 4 | Touch.30

there's a guy on last fm selling two discounted passes to the festival. they sold out a while ago so i would get in on that asap! such an immense lineup!

edit: added a thread here too :)