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Daniel Bjarnason - Over Light Earth

Review by Alex Lee Thomson

Orchestral, but built to sound as though it’s somewhere inside you. One of the most curious records of the year. »

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This is the Icelandic award-winning composer's second solo-album and third release on Bedroom Community, hot on the heels of his Solaris collaboration with labelmate Ben Frost and Brian Eno. On 'Over Light Earth' the intensity of Bjarnason's orchestral voice is captured through meticulous close-micing and multitracking, a recording process that sets this recording radically apart from that of conventional orchestral recordings. This album is very much the fruit of Bjarnason's ongoing and intimate symbiosis with Bedroom Community's Valgeir Sigursson.
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