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Harold Nono - "To The River Lounge" (BS003 - 2007)
Information about Harold Nono is hard to come by. In this instance it's actually helpful to be bereft of biographical notes because there is an eerily intriguing quality to this album. The vocal fragments of opener "Lullaby" are gothically disquieting while the juxtaposed elements of "A Shining Space" - shards of female vocal, brief snatches of middle eastern guitar - lie in the mix like random smithereens of some nuclear catastrophe. The tolling bell of "Waterspeakers" and the ghostly incantations of "A Third Of Birds" only unnerve still further. A Marie Celeste-like air of mystery hangs over To The River Lounge, and that's all to the good.
[The WIRE]
Light touches of an electronic kind leave hairs on end and ears gently strained... this is a laid back album, with a menacing undercurrent... [Subba-cultcha]
I like this album a lot.. it's brilliant.. and you need to own it!
[Something Instrumental]
Some extremely beautiful and glistening slices of minimalism. If you haven’t encountered the work of Harold Nono, then this would be a fine point of entry to the work of an artist who would appear to be perched on the brink of more prominent recognition
[BGN - WHITE_LINE]
[Tacky Tigers] ...a disarmingly pretty, twinkling tune suggesting a particularly warped but wonderful update of Disney's 'Fantasia' [Leonard's Lair]
It's completely unique and I have never heard anything like this before. Harold Nono is very good at what he does. His artistic mindset harrows deep into these tracks creating a high intensity listen
[the-mag]
Strange and beautiful ...Your stuff is haunting...
[Julie Christensen - Divine Horsemen, Leonard Cohen]
I was given this as a trio of albums from the bold Bearsuit Records and this was my favourite, although it only just pipped an album he [Nono] did with a Japanese chap called Wakabayashi. I intend to grab both on CD and I look forward to hearing anything else that comes my way too.
[Sitting Now]
To The River Lounge is truly a great album
[We Heart Music]
Almost out of nowhere, we have yet another electronic solo artist truly deserving of admiration. Nono’s To the River Lounge is packed full of haunting, and at times uncomfortable, listening. A great piece of ambient work. He deserves to have this album truly break into popularity and establish him as a leading artist in his field
[Bandidge]
En definitiva estamos ante un disco que crece a cada escucha y al que hay que darle el tiempo necesario sin exigirle un impacto directo. De este modo, poco a poco descubriremos la esencia de un gran artista...
[A Letter For The Stars]
'To The River Lounge' permette di entrare in contatto con la ricerca di un artista brillante, un musicista autore di composizioni suggestive ed interessanti senza rinunciare al semplice gusto dell’ascolto rilassato di un album ben riuscito
[Rocklab]
He not so much goes outside the box as scares it to death, Harold Nono is alone in his field.
[Die Shellsuit, Die!]
è uno di quei dischi che si fa ascoltare spessissimo, ed ogni volta rivela nuovi colori e dettagli sfuggiti ai primi ascolti. Nello stile ricorda certa elettronica di matrice francese che vede in etichette come collectif effervescence e active suspension i propri alfieri
[Sands-zine]
"A Shining Space" je poznata s kompilacije "A Weevil In A Biscuit" (2007, Bearsuit Records) i donosi odličan kolaž glitch efekata, neo-folka, ambijentalne i avangardne glazbe sa vodećim sampliranim melodijama koje zvuče kao da su odsvirane na oud (orijentalno žičano glazbalo) i violončelo
[Terapija]
For lovers of ambient, atmospheric rock, [this] release is definitely a positive event. The album's tracks are atmospheric and it would not be surprising to find some of the Nono's work in upcoming film or theatre performances...
[Lost At Sea]
Opening track 'Lullaby' starts off rather basic, but over time, more and more sound elements come in. It becomes a really heavy layered kind of music. Soon an electronic sample is being played, which suddenly stops, and returns again. This time with lovely female vocals, seemingly without lyrics. It's very soothing, but it doesn't last, as there's another interval. After this interval, the excellent combination of aforementioned vocals and electronics return. I could listen to such tracks for hours on end. Towards the end a shrieking electric guitar drops in as well for a climax. Excellent opening track. 'A Third Of Birds' is once again a very calm track, with string instruments playing over a hypnotic and very dark and deep drum. Female vocals are added, as well as some electronic noises. Very nice again. 'A Bigger Spider' on the other hand is very fragmented, with lots of sudden silences. It's a peculiar track, and it's atmosphere is very intense and even hostile.
[Heathen Harvest]
Edinburgh based musician Harold Nono is a man of many talents; an explorer of painting, punk rock and now electronic music. With patience the listener will surely find themselves rewarded with music that is far from heavenly and too disparate to be hellish. This is music that truly manages to touch and tap human emotions. This album is beyond doubt a definitive bridge between the unconscious and the electronic.
[Rave Magazine]
credits
released May 5, 2007
Written, recorded and produced by Harold Nono
Drums [track 7] : Joel Moore
Strings [track 9] : Saltire String Quartet
Bearsuit Records: independent label based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Artists include :
Bunny & The
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