astor: Lina in Nida - VINYL LP

astor: Lina in Nida - VINYL LPTitle: Lina in Nida Artist: astor Label: Penultimate Press Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 769791958586 Genre: Electronic Release Date: 2016 01 08 Number of Discs: 1 Mark Harwood's third album under his Astor moniker slips away from the obtuse atmospheres and concrete field recordings of Alcor and Inland (released on Graham Lambkin's Kye label in 2012 and 2013 respectively). Lina in Nida sits more in a melodic electronic framework covering a wide range of

Title: Lina in Nida
Artist: astor
Label: Penultimate Press
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 769791958586
Genre: Electronic
Release Date: 2016-01-08
Number of Discs: 1

Mark Harwood's third album under his Astor moniker slips away from the obtuse atmospheres and concrete field recordings of Alcor and Inland (released on Graham Lambkin's Kye label in 2012 and 2013 respectively). Lina in Nida sits more in a melodic electronic framework covering a wide range of sonic and emotional states. The East initiates proceedings as a proposed anthem for Britain during a potential invasion by ISIS. Things soon move into the uncomfortably claustrophobic The Landowners, where an oblique narrative by Estonian artist Kris Lemsalu spirals into a blurred fantasy of musical roads, nocturnal wanderings, and entrapment under floorboards. The B-side relocates itself further out as They Cling to Each Other hovers over uncharted ketamine lows while The Sleepwalkers lurches around a spider-like environment. Amusement tackles a cosmic music, but one that hurtles itself far beyond the outer regions of the cosmos, while 5:00am contains within the greatest sound known to mankind. As a further shift from reason, Lina in Nida is a thrilling expose of intense atmospheres, emotional states, and ecstatic physics. Recorded in a bedroom in Clapton, East London, throughout 2014 and '15. Mastered by Rashad Becker in August 2015. Matte sleeve with artwork by Mark Harwood and design by Maja Larsson. Edition of 400.

Tracks:
1.1 A1. the East
1.2 A2. the Landowners
1.3 A3. Venery
1.4 A3. Orion
1.5 B1. They Cling to Each Other
1.6 B2. the Sleepwalkers
1.7 B3. Amusement
1.8 B4. 5:00Am