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Upwelling : Emergence

by Steve Brand

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Berkdrums With ‘Upwelling: Emergence’ Steve proves that even if tracks are gathered from recordings that were made during a long period of creativity, the album on which they are released can still sound and feel as a cohesive whole.. Actually this is another favorite Steve Brand-album for me, because it contains all ‘Brand ingredients’..: the typical deep, hazy, darker sounds, combined with rattling small percussion, Brand’s tradenark flute-patrerns, synth swells and throat singing.. (the start of the album reminds me a bit of Rudy Adrian’s throat-singing ambient). Love the way Steve’s works can shift from darker, even a little oppressive sometimes, to more peaceful atmospheres, and back again...). I really feel that this album is well-balanced and, being the kind of listener, musician and music-lover that I am, I love that Steve added a lot of peaceful, nostalgic and softer passages in these amazing tracks... The fieldrecordings (rain, birds, crickets..) add extra layers of spiritual balance and calmness.. And lucky for us, this amazing album is not only available here on the great Bandcamp digitally but also as a stunning looking digipack on the incredible ambient-label Databloem, run by Dennis Knopper. This digipack is a must-have for all fans of physical product. This is another intense, beautiful and really atmospheric work of art!
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Near Earth 13:56

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TRACKS:
Names That Cannot Be Spoken (keeper version) - 5:40
Host (drift mix) - 11:11
Innervoice (second spring edit) - 14:28
Womb Of Earth (extended) - 9:04
The Krater Of Earth (re-work) - 12:10
Black Rock Temple (obsidian moon mix) - 9:10
Near Earth - 13:56

Released on Databloem 02-15-18

Steve Brand about this album: "Upwelling: Emergence,” like it’s predecessor, “Upwelling” (2011), is collection of epiphanies, experiments, singular moments, re-workings, remixes and re-discoveries. Tracks were recorded between 2009 and 2017. Some of the music for this collection, like “Innervoice” and “Krater Of Earth" were completed while working on previous albums, but eventually set aside for various reasons. Some like, “Black Rock Temple” and “Womb Of Earth” were improvised in moments of inspiration and depth of feeling. Still others, “Names That Cannot Be Spoken” and “Host,” are remixes and rethinkings of tracks that were originally released on compilations. “Near Earth” was created exclusively for this compilation and is an extension of my recent “Near Series…” trilogy.

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released February 15, 2018

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Steve Brand originally recorded and released in the experimental genre under the name “Augur,” with more than 20 limited edition releases on independent labels. In 2003, Steve began creating in the “ambient” genre under his own name. He has issued more than 40 self-released disks, as well as a number of solo and collaborative releases on AtmoWorks, Hypnos, Relaxed Machinery, txt and Databloem. ... more

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