Released: 2009
Style: Experimental, Ambient
"There are few artists in the world of recorded music who have such an innate understanding of the use of silence and atmosphere as Thomas Köner. Next to Helge Sten, The Hafler Trio or Mika Vainio, Köner is an acclaimed master of ultra-subtle ambient acoustics, providing some of the finest records on labels like Mille Plateaux, Die Stadt and Chain Reaction, both under his birth name, and as half of seminal techno act Porter Ricks. Like a friendly apparition emerging from the ether, his latest album - the first in nearly five years - has just dropped into our world, with little prior warning, to completely remove us from our day and place us within an environment coloured with moving air, tones of sublime melancholy and indistinct aural landscapes. The tracks are titled by a set of coordinates, which we're sure the more intrigued folks out there will be researching on Google maps, but those looking to leave the mystery intact can attempt to imagine the locations through their associated voices, languages and surrounding aura. For example, without checking, on '48º 52' N 2º 21' E' you could be standing in a train station in Azerbaijan, wrapped up in an intangible moment of cinematic bliss, while on '31º 46' N 19º 6' E' one feels like a ghost in the midst of a Central American pueblo, or somewhere completely unknown. This is music ripe for the imagination, from an unrivalled mind dedicated to enhanced auditory experience and deserves undivided attention from anyone unafraid to let themselves be taken by it. Amazing music - Essential Purchase." - Boomkat
Tracklisting:
1 35° 40' N 139° 42' E Hour One (6:36)
2 43° 42' N 7° 16' E Hour Two (5:06)
3 45° 26' N 12° 20' E Hour Three (4:50)
4 28° 41' N 17° 45' W Hour Four (4:59)
5 41° 53' N 12° 29' E Hour Five (4:55)
6 33° 31' N 36° 19' E Hour Six (4:56)
7 48° 52' N 2° 21' E Hour Seven (5:26)
8 30° 3' N 31° 14' E Hour Eight (4:46)
9 78° 54' N 18° 1' E Hour Nine (5:13)
10 31° 46' N 35° 13' E Hour Ten (5:20)
11 42° 7' N 19° 6' E Hour Eleven (5:00)
12 41° 24' N 2° 10' E Hour Twelve (6:07)
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