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Chmury

by Tutti Harp

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Cavum 04:22
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Cirrus 04:51
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Mammatus 04:18
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"Polish artist Maks Wisniewski makes abstract and grainy ambience - which sounds like something that’s been done to death. We’ve had so many Basinski-alikes, Fennesz-esque outings, and outright GAS rip-offs that I’ve been having a tough time getting properly excited about the genre recently. For his first non-Polish release though, out via Swedish label Purlieu Recordings, Tutti Harp opens up his sound world, veering away from those blurry long-form abstractions and into more minutely detailed atmospheres. Side A features three shorter, texturally varied tunes that skirt a heap of influences while still sounding fresh and new. The foggy tunes whir to life, and flow like wisps of smoke from my tape deck. ‘Mammatus’ is a melting tesseract of twangy notes and decaying drones, while opener ‘Cavum’ mutates from an almost Vangelis-like new age opening into a teetering wall of noise by its finale. ‘Cavum II & III’ take up the entire flipside of the tape, continuing with the emergent Tutti Harp sound of lush synth moods getting dirtied by clods of sonic detritus for a trippy quarter-of-an-hour. The music is in constant motion, and Wisniewski conducts it all restlessly from his mixer. A few uncertain techno beats almost breach the surface, but never quite fall into place, disappearing around the halfway point. Tutti Harps’ sound is a compelling one, mixing up lessons from glitch music and decaying minimalism into something ambient that manages to bubble with fresh energy."

Spool's Out: What's Great On Cassette This September
Tristan Bath , September 25th, 2017

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released September 1, 2017

Produced by Maks Wisniewski
Artwork by Linn Schrab

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Purlieu Recordings Arlöv, Sweden

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