Cornwall meets Copenhagen this Ambient Sunday with tracks from C O N T X T and Hvildag.
C O N T X T is originally from Falmouth, Cornwall and is unsurprisingly influenced by Aphex Twin. But there’s more than that in here. There’s a bit of Burial dubstep clickiness and some almost post-rock sounds. Nature Walk doesn’t feel very organic or natural. It’s all machine made but it does have a lovely leftfield IDM feel that takes its place in anywhere from early 80s electronica through to 90s IDM. Music from the fringes that deserves to be centre stage.
Hvildag is from Denmark and The track is under from his new Over Mellem Under album. It’s a deliberate attempt to bring electronics closer together with classical tropes. I normally steer well clear of such things. But on under Hvildag creates a space in which they can co-exist. It’s a strong mood piece filled with contrasting piano and electronic angularity. It’s filled with tones that arrive in a slow sequence. But this isn’t a restful piece. There’s a snarling squalling violin that intermittently interrupts the reverie to remind us that the path of existence is never smooth. A great composition.