Deaf Center - Low Distance '2019

Tracks list

Low Distance is Deaf Center´s third full-length studio album and perhaps the
most focused effort by the Norwegian duo to date. After their last record Owl
Splinters (2011) was quite an eclectic endeavor, Erik K Skodvin & Otto A Totland
draw their sound back into something more quiet and minimal. 

The record starts with a piece of sweeping analougue electronics. It´s a
spacious, yet dynamic opener that leads directly into the static tones and piano
motivs of Entity Voice, which balances a new sense of abstractation with the
classic Deaf Center sound. It´s warm and close while sounding like it´s
set in the outer horizon. Overall Low Distance feels both alien and familiar
with its atonal synths, close pianos and drowned out noises. 

After meeting in studio for the first time since 2011, the recordings came out
of a 3 day session in 2017. It was then mixed at both EMS Stockholm and at
Erik´s home studio over a longer period to create a blend of deeply layered
as well as stripped down pieces. Both Erik & Otto have been active individually
since their last meeting as Deaf Center: Otto released 2 solo piano albums,
while Erik has furthered his descent into musical abstractation both under his
own name and as Svarte Greiner. It´s long overdue to hear them connect their
personalities into something new. Low Distance is a welcome return replete with
beauty, mystery and uncertainty.

Tracklist:
01. Deaf Center - A Scent
02. Deaf Center - Entity Voice
03. Deaf Center - Undone
04. Deaf Center - Gathering
05. Deaf Center - Red Glow
06. Deaf Center - Faded Earth
07. Deaf Center - Movements / The Ascent
08. Deaf Center - Far Between
09. Deaf Center - Yet to Come

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