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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nARK ZEAD \u2013 NIPTAKTUK<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\nEverything \u2013 and I mean EVERYTHING \u2013 about this release breathes an extreme cold. Look at the album cover. Look at the track titles, that feel like they come from the Inuit language (although B\u00e5ken Nunatak<\/em> refers to a Norwegian-claimed mountain ridge in Antarctica). And \u2013 listen to the music!
This music could not have been released on any \u00f3ther label than Glacial Movements<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\nNo one knows a thing about Ark Zead<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em> \u2018No reference sites, no biography, and no place of origin\u2019.<\/em> The artist describes himself (or herself, but I\u2019ll use him for simplicity\u2019s sake) as \u2018a gong and Tibetan singing bowls player, interested in vibes in a very usual way\u2019<\/em>. A visit to a \u2018hostile cold\u2019 Canada inspired him to modify the usual sounds \u2018to describe the state of isolationism you have to reach to enjoy the beauty of the True North\u2019.<\/em>
Well \u2013 mission accomplished I\u2019d say!<\/p>\nThe cover aesthetics, the track titles, \u00e1nd the music itself also triggered another association: this is not unlike the art of Thomas K\u00f6ner<\/em>, who also created his first albums with the manipulated sounds of slowed-down gongs (and whose first album release was called Nunatak Gongamur<\/em>). There are differences \u2026 but there are also similarities.
Niptaktuk <\/em><\/strong>is definitely a must-check for those of you who love the music of Thomas K\u00f6ner<\/em>. But it\u2019s also strongly recommended for those who can appreciate a sound that will lower the temperature in your room by more than a few degrees.<\/p>\n
This music could not have been released on any \u00f3ther label than Glacial Movements<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n
No one knows a thing about Ark Zead<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em> \u2018No reference sites, no biography, and no place of origin\u2019.<\/em> The artist describes himself (or herself, but I\u2019ll use him for simplicity\u2019s sake) as \u2018a gong and Tibetan singing bowls player, interested in vibes in a very usual way\u2019<\/em>. A visit to a \u2018hostile cold\u2019 Canada inspired him to modify the usual sounds \u2018to describe the state of isolationism you have to reach to enjoy the beauty of the True North\u2019.<\/em> The cover aesthetics, the track titles, \u00e1nd the music itself also triggered another association: this is not unlike the art of Thomas K\u00f6ner<\/em>, who also created his first albums with the manipulated sounds of slowed-down gongs (and whose first album release was called Nunatak Gongamur<\/em>). There are differences \u2026 but there are also similarities.
Well \u2013 mission accomplished I\u2019d say!<\/p>\n
Niptaktuk <\/em><\/strong>is definitely a must-check for those of you who love the music of Thomas K\u00f6ner<\/em>. But it\u2019s also strongly recommended for those who can appreciate a sound that will lower the temperature in your room by more than a few degrees.<\/p>\n