Reviews of Sval [12k1059]

This one deserves to be savoured without me telling you every last detail about it – it’s all about the joy of discovery with this one.

When 12k describe this music as “lush, wet, textured ambience” they’re not kidding; the resonant drips and twitches of ‘Demring’ are halfway between the broken filtered dub of Pole and the sound of a melting glacier.

Plunged into the depths of frosted drone-noise, arching, sustained synth washes, melancholic piano phrases and hushed vocals, half-remembered from Cocteau Twins records

Det er mange lyder på dette albumet, og selv om flesteparten har blitt behandlet på en eller annen måte, er det et organisk inntrykk som står igjen.

Sval flows interrupted, porous, with compositions assuming their own character after a time before the next gradual melt or crystallization into another mood.

On se sent minuscule lorsque l’on écoute la musique de Pjusk. Quelque soit l’endroit dans lequel on s’imagine transporté, il s’étend à perte de vue. Cela pourrait bien être le cosmos, tant l’apesanteur est perceptible.

This accomplished release illustrates the enduring breadth and strength of the microsound and minimalist tradition of the 12k/Line enterprise.

Here there’s a quiet cadence rippling through thick, dreamy tones. Just the perfect blend of ambient to minimal percussion. Reminds me of early work on Chain Reaction, without definitive beats, more organic and flowing here — gauzy and textural in an airy way.

Together, the opening tracks “Valldal” and “Sus” are the best work the duo has done to date.

Pjusk’s music blends all of its constitutive elements so carefully into a balanced whole that no one element stands out to too great a degree, and consequently the material assumes its force through the vivid scene-paintings it produces in the listener’s mind.

The wide-ranging, carefully stacked pattern, the highly sensitive handling of crackling electronics…

There’s a warmth that exudes throughout Sval, but one that is elegiac and glacial, echoing the landscape that inspires the duo.

Custode di una delle più credibili declinazioni di ambient techno a oggi disponibili, il duo composto dai norvegesi Rune Sagevik e Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik arriva al secondo album su 12k e conferma – va detto subito – quanto di buono dimostrato in Sart, esordio già maturo di produttori dei quali tutto si poteva intuire tranne che fossero alle prime armi.

Album climatique, davantage que simplement ambient, traversé de volutes dub, Sval se révèle vite incroyablement addictif.

Custode di una delle più credibili declinazioni di ambient techno a oggi disponibili.

Die Beatz, Clicks und Glitches scheinen hier naturverbundener als üblich, als ob das Knistern und Tröpfeln von Schnee und Schmelzwasser zugrunde läge oder das feine Klicken von Eis oder von Metallstückchen.

Dopo il bellissimo.

Als ik nu moet vertrekken, mezelf overgeef aan een vrijwillig ballingschap en ik vijf dingen mag meenemen,dan neem ik vandaag twee platen mee. De rest van mijn platenkast laat ik rusten, uitblazen, rijpen. Ik kies voor Pine van Olan Mille en voor Sval van Psjuk.

Leidlich schöner, geisterhafter Soundscape!

It’s a perfect piece of work, the kind that can become a gate to welcome new listeners into the field of experimental ambient music.

Inondate come sono da design astratti, ectoplasmi vocali, ritmi cristallizzati.

Brillant