Den bløde lænestol

Hviledag: »Album Found«

Hviledag (Anton Friisgaard) har muligvis lanceret en ny elektro-akustisk genre »silence«, idet ambiente elektroniske flader flettes sammen med mekaniske optagelser og tilsammen skaber et lydtapet, som er det omvendte af noise.

De ni tracks bevæger sig ubesværet fra et til det næste, og til tider sendes tankerne i retning af en støvet pickup, som hviler på sin vante plads. Sandsynligvis fordi de er indspillet med to spolebåndsoptagere med hovederne mod hinanden med en båndsløjfe (fysisk loop), der kører imellem dem og muliggør løbende optagelse.

Tekniske detaljer er vigtige, fordi analoge indspilninger og fravalget af overproduktion er en lise for øret i en tid, hvor wall of sound kombineres med et digitalt resultat, der er så finpudset, at lyden bliver kold og detaljeløs. Pausen er central på »Trancient Bodies«, der roligt skifter imellem korte intervaller af keys på en base af blød knitren og den hvide støj i sig selv, imens et nummer som »Enveloping« er én lang gentagelse af et kort melodistykke.

Album Found er den tiltrængte slidte og bløde lænestol, man sætter sig tilrette i efter en lang dag med mennesker, trafik, digitale apparater og deres lyde. En ren fornøjelse.

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