Sep 26, 2018
Song For No One by Lowercase Noises
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Song For No One by Lowercase Noises
Ambient Song #22 - Andy Othling
track by Lowercase Noises and Blurstem
I wish more of my favorite composers/ambient artists would do stuff like this. Chris literally just sent a piano track to Andy and they put out this track. Incredible.
Particles lower #blender #particle #simulation Music by Andy Othling
Album review: Lowercase Noises - The Swiss Illness
Written by Sara Arumetsa
Label: self-released Artwork: Ryan James Release date: May 19th, 2017 Facebook | Bandcamp | Soundcloud | Spotify
Lowercase Noises is an instrumental, post-rock/ambient music outlet for soundscape artist and guitarist Andy Othling, from New Mexico. He has built a rather impressive catalogue under the moniker Lowercase Noises: The Swiss Illness is his fourth full-length album, in addition to which he has released seven EP’s and almost an awe-inspiring amount of Youtube content. Prior to the release of the album, Othling stated that The Swiss Illness is about loss, or rather, about the aftermath of loss – on the feeling of nostalgia. With this said, the feelings of loss are mapped out with incredible patience. The album evolves slowly, almost unnoticeably, and as such, the emotional precision caught me off guard at first. Despite the patient approach, Othling dived head first into this complex and super foggy reality of human emotions. Music can’t theorize, of course (especially if it’s instrumental), but it can offer some emotional clarity on its subject matter, and this is exactly what The Swiss Illness, in my view, offers.
In contrast to his 2014 full length record This Is For Our Sins (which tells the story of the Lykov family, who, due to religious persecution, lived in isolation in the Siberian wilderness for over 40 years), The Swiss Illness does not follow a certain narrative or a storyline. Rather, Othling tries to sonically capture the feeling of nostalgia, or the feeling of irreversible loss. To be more exact, Othling not only captures the melancholy in longing, but actually renders the experience meaningful, and in my view he uses two devices for doing this. First, Othling sharpens the dull edges of sadness, he makes it more poignant, and as such, he offers some legitimacy to grief, and how grief moves through the body, which remembers on your behalf. Secondly, and inversely, he dulls the intense and sharp corners of loss into an unrecognizable feeling of everyday melancholy. As such he maintains the numbing complexity of human emotions, where feelings aren’t distinct from one another, but form certain clusters, which are tricky to untangle and navigate.
All this is to say that The Swiss Illness offers as much melodic movement as much as it drones. In regards to the second device I described, there’s a lot of harmonic resonance on this record, it’s melodically minimal and due to this a lot of focus is on the tone, which is more pronounced than on Lowercase Noises’ earlier work. The harmonic movement is timed and tensioned beautifully. These harmonic, symphonic swells – composed vertically (harmony), rather than horizontally (melody) -, provide the feeling of dullness, or the feeling of everyday undistinguished nostalgia we feel. But, there are, of course, moments of clarity on this record, where the experience is sharpened, put into focus. This occurs when a melodic motif, performed on acoustic guitar, on keyboards, or on strings, rises to the surface, and creates a possibility for release. This clarity sharpens the overall soundscape, renders it, as I said earlier, meaningful. With having this said, I believe Lowercase Noises found a perfect balance between context and content, and interestingly, one gives meaning to the other. The Swiss Illness offers both: the harmonic resonance of drone/ambient music and distinguishable melodies to keep the entire record clear and focused.
Lowercase Noises ~ The Swiss Illness
Lowercase Noises ~ The Swiss Illness
Nostalgia fits ambient music like a glove, carrying with it a train of golden recollections, deep, loving thoughts and memorable moments. The Swiss Illness is sublime music from Lowercase Noises, and it tugs at the heart from the very first swell. Andy Othling’s music is an emotional rollercoaster (a slow ride…take it easy), blessed with quivers of power and a shuddering, subtle weight which in…
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Break It Down With Matt Carter – Guitar Pedals and Ambient Music with Andy Othling of Lowercase Noises (S5)
Break It Down With Matt Carter – Guitar Pedals and Ambient Music with Andy Othling of Lowercase Noises (S5)
With a degree in Computer Science, Andy Othling of Lowercase Noises is one of the best and most equipped people to create art through altering signal flows from his guitar or keyboard. He also uses his computer science knowledge to code visual displays that match the instrumentation live. On this episode he showcases his talent while Matt analyzes the music theory used in real time. They also…
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