2013年1月30日水曜日

[609] Tor Lundvall - Insect Wings, Leaf Matter & Broken Twigs - Early Ambient Recordings: 1991-1994


Label: Eternal Autumn Editions

Catalog#: EAE006
Format: CD, Compilation, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: 2009
DISCOGS  OFFICIAL

1 Army Of Windmills 1:22

2 Dawn And The Flowered Curtain 1:35
3 Manipulus 4:10
4 The Violet Darner 4:38
5 Mantis Asleep 2:48
6 Radio Verde 1:18
7 Black Fence 3:56
8 A Summer Dream 1:31
9 Above This Silent World 2:27
10 Cool Dark Room 5:11
11 Bronze-Orange Evening 2:16
12 Blue Dream 4:35
13 Midnight Park 1:07
14 Sirens And Rain 1:50
15 Murderer 2:37
16 The Leaves Change In Silence 4:43
17 Hills In Flames 1:39
18 The Hidden Pathway 3:32
19 Empty Streets 5:00
20 The 31s 4:16 
21 Ice Freezes Red 1:52
22 Empty Warehouse 2:00
23 Strange Weather 1:22
24 Against The Sea 4:46
25 Visiting Linter 0:45
26 Distant Sky 2:38
listen sample

90年代初頭より活動、プライベートレーベルEternal Autumn Editionsなどから多数作品を発表しているニューヨーク在住の音楽家/画家、トーア・ランドヴァル。活動最初期91年〜94年までの録音がコンパイルされた本作は、薄暗い森の中に迷い込んだかのような不穏さ(last.fmではghost ambientとタグが付けられている)、ダルトーンを基調にしたフォグ・アンビエンスに、あたたかな仄明かりやフォーキーな手触りを感じさせる26の短編サウンドストーリー。木立の中にネコ目(キツネ属)人が佇む不思議なアートワークも本人によるペインティングです。


bio.

Tor Lundvall (born 1968 in Wyckoff, New Jersey, United States) is an American visual artist and ambient composer. His early works were collaborations with Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus, and much of their artwork came directly from Tor.
Tor Lundvall started writing and recording his own material around 1988 when his brother let him borrow his Tascam 4-track. Tor Lundvall soon learned how to push the machine to its limits, enjoying the simplicity it offered. He has always preferred primitive recording methods and equipment over elaborate computer based programs, and his basic recording setup hasn’t changed much in all this time.  His first self-produced album, “Passing Through Alone” (1997) could be categorized in the Industrial music genre, as it shared little in common musically with subsequent releases. At the time “Passing Through Alone” was only available at Lundvall’s gallery showings, and has since been taken out of print. Lundvall’s music came to prominence with the release of “Autumn Calls” (1998), a collaboration with Tony Wakeford released on the now defunct British record label World Serpent Distribution. Three solo albums followed, continuing the seasons-themed concept: “Ice” (1999), “The Mist” (2001) and “Under the Shadows of Trees” (2003). After the demise of World Serpent in 2004, Tor Lundvall released his recordings through the American label Strange Fortune until November 2008. His releases for Strange Fortune included “Last Light” (2004), “Empty City” (2006) and the “Yule” EP (2006). “Empty City” featured Lundvall’s first attempt at an instrumental approach for an entire album. All of Tor Lundvall’s recordings are mastered by his brother Kurt Lundvall. - Last.fm