{"id":72003,"date":"2025-02-06T18:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/ambient-music\/andrew-ostler-daniel-m-karlsson-ambientblog\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T18:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:49:18","slug":"andrew-ostler-daniel-m-karlsson-ambientblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=72003","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Ostler * Daniel M. Karlsson \u2013 Ambientblog"},"content":{"rendered":"


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ANDREW OSTLER \u2013 THE BLIND SUBLIME<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Opening with a striking full-choir chord, Andrew Ostler<\/em><\/strong>\u2018s<\/em> Blind Sublime<\/em><\/strong> draws immediate attention \u2013 as if to say \u201csit down, and listen\u2019. I did not expect to hear a choir in this setting, but what a surprise it is!<\/p>\n

This album \u2013 Ostler\u2019s fifth for his own label Expert Sleepers<\/a> \u2013 is a surprise in more than one way. The instrumentation is partly taken from his previous albums (Dots On A Disk Of Snow for the string arrangements, Four Drones For Saxophone And Modular Synthesizer for the sax drones) and can definitely be called \u2018ambient\u2019 music. But on top of that, full choir arrangements are added, taking the album to a completely different level. This is as much ambient music as it is contemporary classical. As stated in the info sheet: \u201cRIYL: Arvo P\u00e4rt, Stars Of The Lid\u201d.<\/em> (Sunn O))) is also mentioned but don\u2019t think that really compares).<\/p>\n

There are four pieces on this album \u2013 three shorter pieces on side one (of the blue vinyl album), and the 20-minute Meditation on side two. The atmosphere ranges from gentle, confident to quite intense \u2013 with the choir in the leading role this is not ambient music of the \u2018ignorable\u2019 kind. <\/p>\n

The choir itself is not mentioned, because it does not exist: it\u2019s Ostler himself performing the saxophones, modular synthesizers, and the orchestral and choral arrangements. The choir arrangements sound really lifelike, hard \u2013 if not impossible \u2013 to distinguish from a real choir.
I don\u2019t know what Ostler used to achieve this, but perhaps the answer can be found on the Expert Sleepers website: apart from being a small music label they also create synth hardware and various audio plugins. <\/p>\n