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Safe in the Steep Cliffs
Electronic · 2010 · 14 tracks · 57m

Safe in the Steep Cliffs

Emancipator

Dense trip-hop beats meeting melancholic folk strings. A lush, wintery landscape of violin, banjo, and global samples that feels both ominous and serene.

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It's like a hip-hop beat tape recorded in a haunted log cabin during a blizzard.

A solitary, frost-bitten journey that feels both hauntingly isolated and deeply comforting.

Safe in the Steep Cliffs · vs · Emancipator
Nature+1.4σ

The writing leans notably further into nature than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 57m
01
Greenland
3:11
02
Black Lake
3:38
03
Jet Stream
4:01
04
Kamakura
4:21
05
All Through the Night
4:33
06
Old Devil
4:01
07
Nevergreen
3:35
08
Ares
4:28
09
Rattlesnakes
4:10
10
Bury Them Bones
4:37
11
Vines
4:38
12
Hill Sighed
3:36
13
Siren
3:40
14
Safe in the Steep Cliffs
4:48
Moments Worth Waiting For
The haunting violin entry on 'Greenland' that immediately sets a frost-covered tone for the entire record.
The intricate interplay between the traditional Japanese woodwinds and the steady trip-hop pulse on 'Kamakura'.
The way the title track builds into a dense, epic wall of strings and percussion to close the album.
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