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And Then We Were Surrounded

by Sven Laux

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Designed Silence 06:32
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Hidden Poem 09:45
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They Have Been Marginalized 08:25
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Morning Dew 09:55
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PN-YD 04:52
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'Laux's And Then We Were Surrounded (issued by the Vancouver-based Dewtone imprint) locates a middle ground so precisely between ambient and techno that it neither leans more in one direction than the other. As he has done on previous releases for Microcosm, Archipel, Villar Village, and others, the Berlin-based Laux here transmutes instrument sounds, foundsounds, and field recordings into multi-layered set-pieces that are anything but minimal. There's a little bit of that Microcosm aesthetic in play in the tiny clicks that lock “Hidden Poem” into rhythmic position, and there's a bass drum that adds a hefty lower end to the material, too. But more than anything the piece is distinguished by a wealth of piano shadings and synthetic colour that gives the material an almost symphonic grandeur. Adding to the music's lustrous character, its melodic elements are besieged occasionally by waves of crackle, making for a dynamic and multi-dimensional result. Laux's ambient-techno is deeply atmospheric, to say the least, but it can also be subtly funky, in large part due to the minimal bass pulses that snake their way through the tracks' dense undergrowth. There's also a dub dimension (perhaps most noticeably evident during “Morning Dew” and “PN-YD”) that dovetails naturally with Laux's penchant for ambient soundsculpting. Above all else, fully realized creations like “Hidden Poem” and “Morning Dew” show how refined and polished his work has grown over time.'
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released August 21, 2012

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originally released on Dewtone Recordings
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mastered by Ludvig Cimbrelius

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Sven Laux Berlin, Germany

German electronic ambient composer and freelance sound designer

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