[99] Carvings - Balvig (Sound of Copenhagen - 2016)
Balvig’s debut album "Carving” is the incredible result of an intense project. For an entire year, while leaving in Japan, the danish producer created a new track every week, and the album is a selection of those tracks! Thus, while listening to it, it is like going back in time, to these week-long moments captured in sounds. Each track is unique and at the same time part of a whole. If you compare tracks like Mpmeba and Fotvandring they are both very intense, but at the same time is a different quality of intensity, expressions of very different times and state of mind. The work done with sound sampling in this album is amazing. It fits perfectly in this branch of electronic music, which is nostalgic of the warmth of analogical and natural sounds. The Sunday Woodcarver is the track which represent mostly Balvig’s talent in merging pure electronic with ambient sound sampling to create the perfect electronic mellow vibe. Within this framework, there is also space for difference and a touch of experimentation. In tracks like Khao Manee and Dash Four the beats and the acidic glitches of the synth broaden the spectrum of sound of this album, which is worth listening to from beginning to end!
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To Listen To While: you’re moving fast while standing still
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