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Jotunheimen |
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Finnmark |
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66°33' |
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Old Man Walking |
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Really Trolls |
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Fjell Og Fjord |
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Polarnights |
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Hardanger Vidda |
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Tussen |
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Man of Aran |
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At the Waterfall |
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Beginning |
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Total:
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73'
48
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| The CD is dedicated to Odin - for his donation to write and sing. | All songs composed, performed and produced by Amir Baghiri & Mathias Grassow (©Amir Baghiri, Mathias Grassow 1997) Recorded and mixed at the Blue Box, Lemgo, Germany, by Amir Baghiri. Published by Amplexus-Arya 1998. | ||
| To hear some audioclips click on the other coloured trackname. | Amir Baghiri: synthesizers, powerslide, panjab clayflute, various bowls and chimes, rainsticks and waterdrumming. Mathias Grassow: keyboards, singing bowls, flute and voices. Northern ambiente recorded by Amir Baghiri in South Norway, editing in Bluebox 1997. | ||
| The available audioclips are all RealAudio files. All files are excerpts of about 3 to 4 minutes. | Guest artists: Kåre Råbu, Malek Halime, Melanie Baghiri, Anke the Dog. | ||
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Review
True
North is a set of ominous tribal minimalism from Amir Baghiri and
Mathias Grassow. This is truly an inspired project undertaken by two
of today's top electronicians. Mathias has long been the undisputed leader
of the minimalist drone.
Amir is one of Europe's leading tribal minimalists. This dark and foggy set
plays off their differences and to their similarities. The music relates to
the challenge of overcoming the obstacles imposed by the foreboding desolation
of northern landscapes and the
accompanying mythology. By accepting the challenge, humanity gained strength
and insight and a connection to forgotten roots.
Overcoming the challenge gives man a sense of power and an inflated ego. So,
the music, while triumphant at times, speaks more to the angst of isolation
and the pain of neglect and abandonment. This is great dark ambience and an
essential CD. Mathias is coming into his own and Amir into his. This will
be a collector's item when they get there.
©
Jim Brenholts
Review
True North CD - A tribute and display of the haunted, mythical environs of the Nordic North. Myths are called forth, the wind howls, the artwork shows the rich, abandoned forests of pine and snow. The music is haunting tribal ambient in the direct vein of Steve Roachs 'Origins' and 'Artifacts'. This comparison is a very good thing, as Baghiri stays in that realm, but renders this particular picture with it's own shade of paint. Far in the background of the driving ambient, we hear voices, animals, wind and the unidentifiable wail. Very detailed, True North puts little sounds all over the room, covers the walls with a dark, shifting texture and fills the room witha slow-moving blizzard. Masterfully constructed.
© Manifold Records