Glacial Movements
After the well received and highly valued "Cryosphere" sampler, the Italian Glacial Movements are back with a second release. Netherworld's 'Morketid' is pressed on CD instead of the CD-r media that was used for the sampler. A good choice, because that one was way too beautiful to be "just" on CD-r.
"MORKETID is a Norwegian term that indicates a certain period in the year when the Arctic winter cold encases everything and the sun doesn’t rise over the horizon. It’s a cold and dark period that distinguishes regions and people living in the Artic." (press info)
This very well concept was chosen as guidance in the creation of this CD and the feeling these recordings give you comes definitely close to the emptiness of the North. The result is an hour worth of ambience, divided into 6 tracks.
Lots of pads and stretched sounds create this empty feeling, while the subtle use of repetitive rhythm loops create an interpretation of daily routines. The presence of the routines doesn't change, though the content does. The vastness of the glacial grounds and Northern makes you interpret everything different.
Muffled and manipulated voices implicate the feeling you're not alone, but it's huge out there. You don't see anyone, but you feel there is ... Cabin fever ...
The one remark that I had towards Netherworld's track on "Cryosphere" I withdraw. The production and sounds are very well mixed and produced. This album has the clearness of sounds one would expect with conceptually ice-based works.
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