Calque + Soliton - Vinyle Bleu

Description

Second EP from Billow Observatory in less than a year, Soliton maximizes the compact format by exploring less-traveled paths. Contemplation and exploration are harmoniously woven through five mysterious tracks. Influenced by a wide range of styles and sounds, such as Japanese ambient, the muted dissonance of Pharoah Sanders, and the icy dub of the Scape catalog, Soliton evokes visions of solitary night journeys punctuated by moments of bright happiness. The EP Calque, released in January 2023, pushed them further into the minimal electronic side of their work. A darker current emerges from this EP, which pairs particularly well with the coldest seasons and their frigid air. The duo, consisting of producers Jason Kolb (Michigan) and Jonas Munk (Denmark), has now established itself as a provider of highly refined ambient music, and the EP Soliton sees them elegantly blending the new and the old, the electronic and the organic, into an enveloping and slightly drifting whole. For fans of Biosphere, Dedekind Cut, Stars of the Lid, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Brian Eno, Manual, Auburn Lull, Harold Budd, The Caretaker.