textura

Albums
Vieo Abiungo
Ada
Alias
Anklebiter
Sigbjørn Apeland
Arandel
Black Eagle Child
The Caretaker
Collections Colonies Bees
Colour Kane
Displacer
DJ Phono
Every Silver Lining
Jefferson Friedman
Gus Gus
Robin Guthrie
Helvacioglu & Bandt
Robert Hood
Seth Horvitz
Human Greed
Richard A Ingram
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Marsen Jules
Loscil
Myrmyr
Teruyuki Nobuchika
Now Ensemble
Popol Vuh
Pursuit Grooves
Quasi Dub Development
Rant
Jannick Schou
John Tejada
Tobias.
Trickski
Turtleboy
Yamaoka
Winged Victory For Sullen

Compilations / Mixes
116 & Rising
Our Little Prayers
Craig Richards
Henry Saiz

EPs
Absent Without Leave
Abyss
Simon Bainton
BNJMN
Ceremony
Corrugated Tunnel
Dead Leaf Echo
Go Hiyama
Josco
M.A.D.A. & Plankton
Monseré and Youngs
Semtek
Sharma + Krause
Soundpool
Sparkhouse
Vahagn

DVD
Barbara Lüneburg

Simon Bainton: Sun Settings
Hibernate

In his contribution to Hibernate's “Postcard Series,” Simon Bainton, one-half of the duo Pausal, merges acoustic instrumentation and electronics with field recordings taken from various locations on the island of Anglesey, North Wales during August 2009. In this case, the field recordings aren't mere ornamentation but instead suffuse Bainton's transporting musical contents with a powerful sense of place; so evocative, in fact, is Sun Settlings one almost feels the fresh air, morning dew, and sun-dappled fields of the setting emanating forth from the EP's seven tracks. The three-inch disc opens strongly with “Arrival,” a lovely setting of becalmed, piano-based entrancement, before a seamless segue leads into “Fry Aquatic,” the EP's pastoral ambiance perpetuated by the piece's wavering tones and micro-flutter. As the recording makes its way from the cool shimmer of “Baroque Begins At Home” to the haunting call of “Going Home Drone,” each track flows into the next, resulting in an ambient sound portrait of ultra-peaceful and serenading character. Though it's a mere twenty minutes in duration, the recording nevertheless shows Bainton to be masterful in the manner by which he weaves diverse source materials into an artistic whole.

August 2011