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Moljebka Pvlses new album, which arrives in a hand-made package, takes the sound of this project to new directions. This is of course quite a strange thing to say, given that Mathias Josefson has already done highly diverse material over the years. Yet this time is different: the band has become a duo, with the addition of Karin Jacobson from the group Les Issambres. The changes are mainly observable atop the familiar, cold ambient surfaces. Karin's vocals add a new dimension to the whole, despite having been processed far from their natural sound. The first and final track are short (which in Josefson's case still means 8 and 10 minutes!), the title track in the middle a singular 54-minute composition. The other two play out cold and beautiful, but that one is purely oppressive.

It is as if one is listening to a pressure wave mixed into the level of ambient music, with some noise added, and then fused into an incredibly smooth surface. And the stronger the vocals come into play, the more anxiety-evoking dvnkl becomes. Humming, sounds that almost transform into melodies, squeaking. Everything plays seamlessly together, but the results are not something one enjoys - especially not in the traditional sense. At times the style becomes a bit lighter, very close to what the clever Cloama+Blutleuchte project is at its darkest, but this does not at all that the music becomes any easier to listen to. I do not remember ever hearing anything as creepy and horrifying as this. The song is in my opinion more than a little too long. Yet somehow different parts of it are the "essential ones" on different occasions, so the length isn't in reality a disadvantage. When it ends, even the simple end track sprl seems strangely harmonous.

Not at all a pleasant experience, but an extremely powerful one.

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Moljebka Pvlse - Dvkl

Käsintehdyssä pakkauksessa tuleva Moljebka Pvlsen albumi vie yhtyeen sointia uusille urille. Mikä on melkoisesti sanottu, huomioon ottaen, että Mathias Josefson on jo tehnyt vaikka mitä. Mutta tällä kertaa onkin kyse muusta: projekti on laajentunut duoksi; mukaan on tullut Les Issambres-yhtyeen Karin Jacobson. Ero näkyy lähinnä jo tutuksi tulleiden kylmien ambien-maisemien pinnalla. Karinin vokaalit tuovat kokonaisuuteen mukaan yhden uuden ulottuvuuden, vaikka ne onkin käsitelty hyvin etäälle alkuperäisestä laulumaisuudestaan. Levyn avaus- ja päätösraidat ovat lyhyehköjä (mikä Josefsonin tuotannon mukaisesti tarkoittaa silti kahdeksaa ja kymmentä minuuttia!), keskimmäiseksi sijoitettu nimikappale on sen sijaan 54-minuuttinen kokonaisteos. Muut kaksi soivat kauniina mutta kylminä, se puolestaan on todella painostava.	Artisti: Moljebka Pvlse Formaatti: CD Levy-yhtiö: Fifth Week Julkaisuvuosi: 2006 Painos: 500 kpl Kokonaiskesto: 72:01 min Kappaleita: 3
On kuin kuuntelisi ambientin tasoon miksattua paineaaltoa jossa on hiukan maisemaa ja hiukan hälyä, fuusioituna käsittämättömän tasaiseksi pinnaksi. Ja mitä vahvemmin vokalit tulevat kuvaan mukaan, sitä ahdistavammaksi dvnkl muuttuu. Huminaa, melkein melodioiksi muotoutuvia ääniä, natinaa. Kaikki pelaa saumattomasti yhteen, mutta tuloksesta ei voi sanoa todellakaan nauttivansa - ainakaan sanan perinteisessä mielessä. Välillä tyyli kevenee, hyvin siihen suuntaan mitä mainion Cloama + Blutleuchte -projektin tuotanto on synkimmillään, mutta kuuntelukokemus ei helpotu lainkaan. En muista koska olisin viimeksi kuunnellut mitään näin selkäpiitä karmivaa. Teos on mielestäni selvästi enemmän kuin vain hiukan ylipitkä, mutta samalla joudun toteamaan, että aivan eri kohdat nousevat eri kuuntelukerroilla niiksi "oleellisiksi kohdiksi". Näin pituus ei oikeastaan olekaan haittana. Koko tuon putken jälkeen jopa yksinkertainen päätösraita sprl tuntuu hämmentävän harmoniselta. Ei lainkaan mukava, mutta sitäkin tehokkaampi kokemus. Jiituomas

Takaisin - Kokoelmat - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Demot

Moljebka Pvlses new album, which arrives in a hand-made package, takes the sound of this project to new directions. This is of course quite a strange thing to say, given that Mathias Josefson has already done highly diverse material over the years. Yet this time is different: the band has become a duo, with the addition of Karin Jacobson from the group Les Issambres. The changes are mainly observable atop the familiar, cold ambient surfaces. Karin's vocals add a new dimension to the whole, despite having been processed far from their natural sound. The first and final track are short (which in Josefson's case still means 8 and 10 minutes!), the title track in the middle a singular 54-minute composition. The other two play out cold and beautiful, but that one is purely oppressive. It is as if one is listening to a pressure wave mixed into the level of ambient music, with some noise added, and then fused into an incredibly smooth surface. And the stronger the vocals come into play, the more anxiety-evoking dvnkl becomes. Humming, sounds that almost transform into melodies, squeaking. Everything plays seamlessly together, but the results are not something one enjoys - especially not in the traditional sense. At times the style becomes a bit lighter, very close to what the clever Cloama+Blutleuchte project is at its darkest, but this does not at all that the music becomes any easier to listen to. I do not remember ever hearing anything as creepy and horrifying as this. The song is in my opinion more than a little too long. Yet somehow different parts of it are the "essential ones" on different occasions, so the length isn't in reality a disadvantage. When it ends, even the simple end track sprl seems strangely harmonous. Not at all a pleasant experience, but an extremely powerful one. Jiituomas