Reviews of This Valley Of Old Mountains [12k1091]

There’s something heartening about the thought of two musicians, across a distance of several thousand miles, imagining a third place together…

The duo manage to give this randomness a sense of deliberation without making it feel forced. Everything is in its place…loosely.

This Valley of Old Mountains is a delicate marvel, an ambient poem too comfortable to abandon.

A subtropical island realm that is definitely somewhere close to ambient Japan.

This record is one which perfectly encompasses the artists individual backgrounds and the label itself.

Deupree and Durand bring us dreamy sounds with soft warmth and sublime melody on this album.

This Valley Of Old Mountains is a welcoming precipice to an imaginary elsewhere…

Listen carefully to the duo’s minimalistic – and sometimes even unreal – soundlands, which effectively detach from the here and now…