Label: Not On Label – none Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Numbered, Repress Country: UK Released: 31 Jan 2022 Genre: Electronic Style: Ambient, Minimal, Minimal Techno, Drone
Double LP hit of properly zoned, deeply introspective ambient dub beamed in from the cloaked Civilistjävel! Project.
Representing the most substantial offering to date from the Scandinavian artist who’s still shrouded in mystery, ‘4-5’ sees their signature frigid soundscapes unfurl at their own pace, allowing a stronger sense of wintry isolation and submersion.Slow-motion, can’t-quite-be-arsed drum machines lay down rhythmic support with crisp percussion and windswept dub chords stretching out the atmosphere to distant horizons - like wandering the taiga alone whilst caught in a whiteout.There’s less of the paranoia that seemed to permeate much of the early material, maybe the growing sound of contentment?Probably not, but each of the pieces seem much happier to bask in their own self-created environment, occasionally letting in glimmers of melody through the creaking, glacial synth pads amidst warm ’n’ warped acid lines and sluggish claps.Now 5 (or 6?) releases in, the artists’ sound palette is unmistakably their own, but there’s something in the chord rushes that recall a crustier take on Dan Abrams’ glitch work for Mille Plateaux; the lethargic kick echoing drums of Andy Stott or more inward-looking take of early Huerco S.Dead good.. (Mint / New - limited 1 pp pls)