Style: Ambient
Nest – “Nest EP” (Serein)
Electronic Chamber Music | The Welsh Serein Netlabel has always been a good address for undogmatic Ambient music that combines expanded experimentalism with a certain amount of catchiness. Catalogue number 13 comes off as a self-titled EP of the duo Nest. A special release because 50% of Nest is Huw Roberts, the guy who founded and runs serein.co.uk. He is accomplished by Otto Totland of critically acclaimed Norwegian engineers of emotion Deaf Center.
First track "Lodge" start with intimate piano chords. The microphone is placed very close to the strings, you can hear the dull beat of the hammers. In the end, the pianist holds his breath… The second track is entitled "Kyoto". Indeed: the first thing that came to my mind was Japanese Folklore. A few piano tones at hand, the song comes off with some interesting and beautiful harmonies between Avant-Garde and Pop music. Same for "Marefjellet". The sound of distant rain and these haunting string-arpeggios in the back make you think of Arvo Pärt and Moondog. My personal favourite is "Cad Goddeu", though. An amorphous composition of slowly smoldering sound layers it is, with filtered strings, concentric loops of solemnly clarinet-tones and sketches of shady piano. References go out to mighty Stars of the Lid and the grand signor of suspension, Ennio Morricone. Chapeau!
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About the Author
This article was written on 11.October 2007 by Bettina Rhymes.
Bettina Rhymes is the journalist alter ego of Sven Swift. Swift runs the established CDr- and Netlabel 12rec.net and acts as a Netaudio DJ every now and then. Next to his job at Phlow Mag, he writes reviews about free music at RUBored.org. Read more articles written by Bettina Rhymes.
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10 comments
Simply one of the best ambient netaudio releases ever. You can also order this on CD with a Serenin T-Shirt, like I did. Support it this way. =)
11. Oct 2007 at 11:09 am
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I said this already some months ago. This is my release of the year.
11. Oct 2007 at 11:37 am
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got the shirt already. =)
11. Oct 2007 at 2:20 pm
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i am also totally convinced by this release. hifi-quality, very atmospheric. i think, betty did a good job to let us know about this one ;)
11. Oct 2007 at 2:22 pm
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[...] at “Gone, But Not Forgotten” and check the delicate organ flicker. Somewhere between Nest, Stars of the Lid and Cluster. The artwork by Go Yippie suits the music very well and is worth a [...]
15. Nov 2007 at 6:05 am
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[...] at “Gone, But Not Forgotten” and check the delicate organ flicker. Somewhere between Nest, Stars of the Lid and Krautrock-pioneers Cluster. The artwork by Go Yippie suits the music very [...]
25. Jan 2008 at 10:58 am
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[...] I'm surprised to see them racking up all the votes. I would add Nest to the list for sure (click here for a random sample). __________________ My stash: Apogee Duet; Grado SR 225, Etymotic ER-4S On [...]
15. Apr 2008 at 11:21 pm
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[...] e.g. fuses Ambient and Chambermusic, huge and beautiful. Wouldn’t have been a dropout on the Nest EP. The delicate flute-sounds at “Hexa” are wonderful and the slightly optimistic [...]
9. Jun 2008 at 5:32 am
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[...] e.g. fuses Ambient and Chamber music, huge and beautiful. Wouldn’t have been a dropout on the Nest EP. The delicate flute-sounds at “Hexa” are wonderful and the slightly optimistic [...]
28. Jun 2008 at 12:00 pm
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[...] they announced a new EP from Nest, and this are extremely good news! The first EP from Nest was simply the best piece of netmusic ever [...]
1. Sep 2009 at 5:26 pm
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