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somewhere in the distance, somewhere toward the mountains
Ambient · 2019 · 11 tracks · 1h 43m

somewhere in the distance, somewhere toward the mountains

Flatsound

Over an hour of sprawling, tape-saturated ambient textures and fragile field recordings. A slow-motion study of isolation, winter, and the sound of a quiet room.

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It's the sonic equivalent of watching snow fall through a window for seventy minutes.

A profound, quiet isolation that feels both cold and strangely protective.

somewhere in the distance, somewhere toward the mountains · vs · Flatsound
Snowfall+4.0σ

Snowfall saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 1h 43m
01
somewhere in the distance, somewhere toward the mountains
16:19
02
along the old tracks in the snow shed
4:57
03
a warehouse on the river
8:07
04
learning to warm cold hands
21:44
05
interlude
0:55
06
we could live near the beach
8:20
07
into the crystal something
12:36
08
it feels like i’ve been traveling through this cave forever
19:47
09
we haven’t spoken in years, but knowing you felt like a dream
2:50
10
a dream
2:50
11
i guess it could be looked at as an escape, or a chance to start over
5:25
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the opening title track stretches across sixteen minutes of slow-moving synth pads and distant, unidentifiable room noise.
The sudden, jarring intimacy of the acoustic guitar on track 9 after nearly an hour of immersive electronic drift.
The twenty-one minute mark of 'learning to warm cold hands' where the melody seems to dissolve entirely into pure tape hiss.

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