Low Distance, by Deaf Center

Low Distance

by Deaf Center

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BWR The warmth of this duo easily heats up my entire house.

Sōzuproject A collection of short breathtaking and profound sensations! Favorite track: Faded Earth.

Northern Darkness 北冥 I've always praised Pale Ravine but Low Distance is a subtle treasure of an ambient record, possibly their best work and certainly a best for the year. Favorite track: Yet to Come.

william morris julien Totally Sublime and inspired. Deaf Center are the best in this genre period. Favorite track: Undone.

Nathan Payne More memories from the hopeful, haunted future. These lads are in a league of their own. Favorite track: Entity Voice.

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1.	A Scent 03:28		buy track
2.	Entity Voice 07:16		buy track
3.	Undone 02:36		buy track
4.	Gathering 07:21		buy track
5.	Red Glow 02:38		buy track
6.	Faded Earth 03:47		buy track
7.	Movements / The Ascent 06:19	info	buy track
8.	Far Between 03:13		buy track
9.	Yet to Come 03:01		buy track

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Low Distance is Deaf Center´s third full-length studio album and perhaps the most focused effort by the Norwegian duo to date. After their last record Owl Splinters (2011) was quite an eclectic endeavor, Erik K Skodvin & Otto A Totland draw their sound back into something more quiet and minimal.

The record starts with a piece of sweeping analougue electronics. It´s a spacious, yet dynamic opener that leads directly into the static tones and piano motivs of Entity Voice, which balances a new sense of abstractation with the classic Deaf Center sound. It´s warm and close while sounding like it´s set in the outer horizon. Overall Low Distance feels both alien and familiar with its atonal synths, close pianos and drowned out noises.

After meeting in studio for the first time since 2011, the recordings came out of a 3 day session in 2017. It was then mixed at both EMS Stockholm and at Erik´s home studio over a longer period to create a blend of deeply layered as well as stripped down pieces. Both Erik & Otto have been active individually since their last meeting as Deaf Center: Otto released 2 solo piano albums, while Erik has furthered his descent into musical abstractation both under his own name and as Svarte Greiner. It´s long overdue to hear them connect their personalities into something new. Low Distance is a welcome return replete with beauty, mystery and uncertainty.

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released March 22, 2019

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