There is another new release by Momentarily Records and time to look at what this is about. Bandcamp only has a few lines for general info and there it says: ‘Exclusive tape label. Established in 2022. The releases feature special and tangible music composed exclusively for momentarily records. The label focuses on quality and identifies subtle differences in each work.’ And I have nothing much to add, I think. There have been eight releases so far, of which two are sold out, and of course, a shirt is available. But as already mentioned in the Modelbau review in this Vital, gorgeously designed and executed artwork on each of them. I am really, really impressed.
According to Discogs, Andreas Rönnquist is a relatively new name with five releases (excluding this one) since 2021. This is my first time hearing his name and music, so let’s give it a chance (> insert listening session <). Well, those were 40 minutes well spent on a Sunday evening. Two 20-minute tracks simply titled “From Pure Air” 1 and 2 with a well-executed concept. ‘[It’s] inspired by a rain and thunderstorm that passed through southern Sweden, which was captured with recording equipment and combined with some of my guitar-based drones to complete the work.’ (Taken from the promo text) And when you listen, you can feel that tension, the moment before rain where you think the air pressure slightly diminishes; you’re not getting a sudden headache, but you start to feel (and we’re using a beautiful German word for this) unheimlich or unheimlich.
Musically, those field recordings are pretty in the back of the composition, and where needed, the definition is pushed more toward the front. The guitar-based drones are flawlessly accentuating the events of the rain as well as the atmosphere of it all. At moments in complete harmony, at other moments slightly dissonant to emphasise that ‘unheimisch’ emotion. And as the rain slowly passes in those 40 minutes the sky clears and life continues. The most significant advantage there is that we don’t have to water the plants in the garden anymore, but we can play the tape again, open the garden doors and pour ourselves a nice glass of wine.
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