Aarktica
No Solace In Sleep (blue In Milky Clear)
Limited Edition of 300 copies on 140g Translucent BLUE in Milky CLEAR Vinyl. Comes with a 7"-sized coloured credit insert. RIYL: Windy & Carl, Fennesz, Loscil, Stars of the Lid, Willam Basinski Special 25th Anniversary re-issue of Aarktica's influential 2000 debut (Silber Records)! This amazing album approaches glacial guitar ambient from a post-rock perspective, enveloping the listener into a new sonic world of haunting, aquatic darkness and shimmering tonal light. On the 25th anniversary of the artist's most popular work, this faithfully remastered edition handled by ambient/electronic pioneer Taylor Deupree shines a subtle new light on this classic, reminding why the resonance of these compositions remains strong after all these years. One can hear melodic reflections of Durutti Column and Felt, as well as those of modern composers like La Monte Young and Ingram Marshall, submerged in the oceanic waves of distortion and delay. All the sounds are coming from a guitar and pedals (and a voice, in one instance) with no synthesizers. And yet, (Aarktica sole member) Jon DeRosa's classical background also provides a compositional framework for how these tracks unfold. It's this merging of seemingly disparate styles into something singular and unique that makes it special. 25 years later, DeRosa's guitar work still sounds innovative, generating tones that sound like shifting icebergs and subzero winds across a desolate tundra. And then all at once conjuring something so gentle, crystalline and comforting as a warm hearth in the midst of an ice storm. It's a deeply affecting listening experience that continues to resonate after all these years.