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Slagr
Label:
Hubro Music
Title:
DIRR
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Band:
Slagr
Title:
DIRR
Reviewed By:
Keith How
Date Published:
10/05/2018
Label:
Hubro Music
Format:
CD
Release Year:
2018
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Slagr : Anne Hyte : Hardanger fiddle
Amund Sjolie Sveen : vibraphone ,glass harmonica
Katrine Schiott : cello
To enter the world of Slagr is to leave our fast-paced, frantic and intense world behind and be enfolded in a gentle, almost hypnotic atmosphere.
'Dirr' is astounding. The music is minimal, even reductorist, but totally absorbing and intriguing.
The sound created is ambient and cinematic and totally absorbing. Opening with 'Aur' you would be forgiven for thinking that you were listening to frost forming or the wind whispering through a forest as such is the atmosphere generated. Sveen’s tuned glass fragility retunes your ear to this new sense of transparency as the sound waves shimmer and glow with quiet intensity. The Hardanger fiddle usually associated with Norwegian traditional music has a feeling of nostalgia in the harmonic tones created and easily adapts into this modern minimal sound. Anne Hytte coaxes heartfelt sensations and emotions intertwining with Katrine Schiott’s powerful cello interpretations. 'Strimesong' and 'Flimmer' highlight the instrument’s flexibility. 'Flimmer' echoes Philip Glass and Steve Reich with a gentle repetitive drone that swells and fades like a spring tide always keeping you involved in the atmospheric magnetism.
To listen to 'Dirr' is to somehow step out of time inviting the listener to spend some time in another place. The instruments interweave unhurriedly creating a gateway into a world of nature and spirit. The cello on 'Hel' is dark and poetic, bringing a sense of mystery and adventure to the proceedings.
Slagr (translated means “tune” or “melody") have created an album of transcendent drama, rich in imagery and imagination. 'September' is a gentle, folk-tinged, melodic soundscape, emotional and transfixing with the Hardanger to the fore. A composition that seems to take you by the hand on a journey through a quiet and atmospheric landscape.
The album closes all too quickly with the inventive and illusive strange drone 'Oyr' finishing a song cycle that is truly engaging and rich in atmosphere and creativity. Yes, it is slow, meditative and spacious but in our crazy world 'Dirr' is a welcome diversion.
Track Listing:
01) Aur
02) Strimesong
03) Flimmer
04) Hel
05) Varle
06) Eir
07) September
08) Øyr
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