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I discovered The Field (aka Axel Willner) with this debut album just a couple of weeks ago. An album, in my opinion, fabulous. For its so delicate way of capturing you till the end without tiring you. Succeeding especially in not boring despite basing the concept on the most obsessive repetition. Giving the sensation of a sweet slumber between sleep and wakefulness. As if I were floating in the water, doing the dead man's float, while a timid sun warms my face, in the contrast of a chilly atmosphere.
Everything seems so strangely light…. There is a lot of innovation in the way of blending certain mechanisms typical of shoegaze music with colder and more minimal techno, creating a varied and sparkling environment, through bits stolen from the most unimaginable pop. Our artist elevates music from a purely dance and almost trance nature to a refined product of creative experimentation to be listened to in strict individual intimacy. It is incredible how he can move emotions without ever exploding.
Here in “Over the Ice,” Kate Bush coldly moans in a thick wall of rarefied noise that will become even more evident with “Sun & Ice.” The thick ice of Scandinavia. Which is scratched but never lets penetrate deeply. A "field" of play where continuous emotional and sound contrasts generate a new and other energy. Because as they say, energy is not created nor destroyed, it transforms… and although many believe that nothing new can be created anymore because everything always derives from something that previously existed, and especially when it comes to electronic music, in my opinion, this album disproves this very belief. There is something hypnotic and alluring in this ominous and insistent succession. After an initial phase of sensory slumber and latent tension comes “The Little Heart Beats So Fast,” sensually ambiguous. Paving the way for the following “Everyday” where the true sensuality awaited throughout the album comes to light. An unexpected brightness that peaks about 3 minutes from the start of the track.
The episode I prefer from the album is “The Silent.” Great discovery. Worth delving into.
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