Entangleland

Description

Andi Otto and F.S. Blumm have been collaborating in the studio and on stage between Berlin and Tokyo for over a decade. On their new album Entangleland, F.S. Blumm enters Andi Otto's studio with a whole array of string instruments and a mission to create eccentric and peaceful soundscapes. The artists blend acoustic and electric guitars, harps, electric bass, psaltery, and cello across eleven electronic compositions ranging from neoclassical gravity ("Entangleland") to sparse dub improvisations ("Active Fault Map"). "Yukiyama" unfolds in multi-layered patterns woven over warm tape hiss. "Kilani" recalls Rabih Abou Khalil's ECM recordings, with its oriental scale and seven-beat measures. The tracks truly shine when silence takes over, when sounds find space to unfold and decompose. Far from trivial ambient lullabies, these compositions are brimming with detail: bells vibrate, a kalimba resonates, and vintage synths adapt their tension to the acoustic structure.