Wollo, Erik
Silver Beach
Abstrakce Records present a reissue of Erik Wollo's Silver Beach, originally released in 1987. Minimalistic electronic
instrumental music from Scandinavia. Erik Wllo is a uering a wide range of styles but mostly known for his very personal
take on electronic ambient music. Silver Beach isGentle rhythms hold center for lush beautiful melodies to unfold,
manifesting a restrained elegance in the way the chords hover around this percolating heartbeat. The result is synthetic
walkabout music, an album of simple yet vibrant sophistication, perfect for wandering around, or sitting contemplating
imaginary beautiful vistas with eyes closed. These fifteen stunning tracks create a sense of ceaseless motion without
arrival, the pleasure of travelling without destination: walking on an outer limits beach. An early electronic music
masterpiece, it was made using the latest MIDI technology at that time. Everything was composed and recorded on the now
vintage Roland MSQ700, and all the diverse synths and rack modules were mixed directly down to 2-track analog tape (no
multitrack tape was used). The original Silver Beach album was released on vinyl on the Norwegian label Cicada Records
in 1986. In 1988 the album was released on CD (also Cicada) and included the additional and very rhythmical tracks
"Little Big Tune" and "Mountain Train." The album was also re-released on CD on the Spanish label Margen Records in
2005, remastered and fine-tuned with five additional previously unreleased tracks from the same era. This tunes just
refuse to be forgotten, their glittering beauty having both an air of nostalgia, but also of validity, as they continue
to haunt new ears. There's no doubt that this is a classic of European eighties electronic music composition, a polished
artwork with the best aesthetic and emotional signifiers of its era.
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Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
01-01-1970
Label
Item-nr
1296921
EAN
5055869583428
Availability
Not in stock