Marc Behrens is one of those sound artists who is seldom afforded the level of recognition he deserves, consistently releasing brilliant contemporary musique concrète for well over a decade now via labels such as Trente Oiseaux, Sirr and Raster Noton. This latest release is another stunning collection of digital electroacoustic dissections, offering a portrait of various elements of Norway’s auditory topography as marked out by the titles: ‘Seagulls And Cattle’, ‘Avalanches, Water And Stone’, ‘Glacier’ and ‘Sheep And Industry’. The array of sonic landscapes on record is staggeringly diverse and remarkably vivid, from the screeching birds and muddy clamour of agriculture on the opening track to the amplified textures and microsound trickle of melting ice heard on ‘Glacier’ the sheer depth of sound here us never less than remarkable and any followers of artists from Bernard Parmegiani to Chris Watson will find much to appreciate in Sleppet.
via Boomkat.
“Sleppet†is due to be released very soon and is available for pre-order on Crónica.