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LAJ | 03/2006
Netlabel Autoplate is a natural home for "Tiefe Berge" as this is not the first time that it has released a virtual CD of such beautiful organically and orchestral inspired ambience that has affected me so deeply.
After having listened to "Tiefe Berge" several times, itÂ’s clear that Emil Klotzsch has an acquired love for the natural beauty and the mystery that surround the topography of this locale and that he has communicated the essence of his impressions in these eight sound episodes based on field recordings of this peculiar location.
The eight compositions in this release seem to come in three non-contiguous clusters . Tracks 1, 2, and 3 [sctl14, sctl12, sctl15] have a very cinematic quality - cascading orchestral sounds, dense and ethereal textures, suspenseful moments of rising and falling tension, and lightly distorted (and at times piercing) melancholic tones. The sounds of what seems like sporadically plucked guitar notes and strummed muted guitar strings is a common theme of Tracks 5, 6, and 7 [sctl18, sclt19, sctl13] - with light static, discordant sounds, and quirky rhythmic elements creating an overall edgy atmosphere. Tracks 4 and 8 [sctl16, sctl17] are pensive pieces with the sound of wind and falling rain evident. Crackling, rustling sounds contrast with low distant, rumbling echoes and shrill high-pitched tones creating a brooding atmosphere. Eerie whistling noises suggestive of birds songs are also present.
http://www.archive.org/details/apl036
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kreislauf | 03/2006
emil klotzsch scheint zu lange in der natur gewesen zu sein. anders kann ich mir dieses extrem entspannte release auf autoplate nicht erklären. inspiriert durch die schottischen highlands zaubert er wunderschöne klangcollagen, die den hörer fesseln und in eine wunderbare landschaft entführen, bei der man meint wirklich irgendwo in den highlands gelandet zu sein. im tiefflug geht es über die seen und wiesen, wolken ziehen in atemberraubenden tempo über uns hinweg und die sonne steht still über den bergen.
absolute spitze!
http://kreislauf.blogspot.com/2006/03/tiefe-berge.html
Opuszine | 07/2006
Tiefe Berge is sound designer Emil Klotzsch's attempt to sonically document his experiences of travelling through the Scottish highlands. And for the most part, it's quite successful. Klotzsch's drifting soundscapes conjure up images of a windswept, rain-battered terrain - a place that is wild, expansive, and foreboding. And yet, at the same time, strangely beautiful in its ruggedness and isolation.
Eschewing melody or any semblance of song structure, Klotzsch allows these pieces to unfold and drift about in an organic manner, with electronics, feedback, and drones blending with the field recordings (storms, wind, running water, birds) that make up the album's core. The only sense of motion comes from the soft ebbs and flows that occasionally unsettle the listener. Occasionally they threaten to spill forth from the speakers, as if to engulf the listener like one of the dark Highland lakes that Klotzsch describes in the album's liner notes.
"sctl12" is especially powerful and evocative, reminiscent of Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson's masterful work on the Children Of Nature soundtrack. Spectral voices drift about, as if Klotzsch's recording equipment has somehow picked up the ghostly wails of those lost on the Highlands rocky terrain, or somewhere in the deep, dark lakes. Occasional bursts of static interrupt the eerie choir, and obvious sounds of technology breaking down only serves to make the spectral sounds somehow more concrete.
The latter half of the album becomes a little scattered and random, relying more heavily on skeletal, glitchy rhythms than the somber, alien atmospherics. But the opening tracks are absolutely spellbinding in their majesty, in the way they conjure up a remote locale untouched by time or human hands.
http://www.opuszine.com/blog/entry.html?ID=3007
Gunnar Borchers | 07/2006
Nach etwas länger Zeit wollte ich euch wieder ein neues Release vom Label “Thinner/Audioplate vorstellen”. Es handelt sich nicht um Musik einsamer Bergvölker bzw Volksmusik, wie es der Titel vermuten läßt, sondern um schön gemachte und eingänige elektronische Musik. Der Klang kommt melodiös und mächtig daher. Man wähnt sich auf einer großen Ebene, die von tiefen Tälern durchfurcht und hohen Bergen umschlossen wird. Dort wo auch der Wind heult. Die Musik umspült den Hörer wie ein mächtiger Klangteppich, dem man nicht entkommen kann. Im positiven Sinne.
Also setzt euch die Kopfhörer auf und hört dieses Album an und ihr werdet Sie so schnell nicht wieder absetzten.
http://www.gunnar-borchers.de/?p=178
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