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Substrata
Electronic · 1997 · 11 tracks

Substrata

Biosphere

A definitive arctic ambient document. Field recordings of creaking wood and wind merge with deep, glacial synthesizers to create a vast, frozen solitude.

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The sonic equivalent of a slow-motion walk through a blizzard in the middle of the night.

A profound, frozen stillness that feels both ancient and deeply solitary.

Substrata · vs · Biosphere
Lonely+2.4σ

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

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
As the Sun Kissed the Horizon
1:47
02
Poa Alpina
4:11
03
Chukhung
7:35
04
The Things I Tell You
6:28
05
Times When I Know You’ll Be Sad
3:44
06
Hyperborea
5:46
07
Kobresia
7:13
08
Antennaria
5:05
09
Uva‐Ursi
3:00
10
Sphere of No‐Form
5:48
11
Silene
7:54
Moments Worth Waiting For
The unsettling contrast of the Twin Peaks dialogue about a mountain stream over the deep, vibrating bass of Antennaria.
The rhythmic, hypnotic repetition of the vocal phrase in Times When I Know You’ll Be Sad slowly dissolving into the background hiss.
The sound of a Russian speaker describing a cold metal object in Kobresia, grounding the abstract synths in a tactile, mysterious reality.
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