Tauhid Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Autour De La Lune was initially a commission, and then he went back and tweaked some things. The whole emptiness of it makes sense in the context of what the piece was for. If you think about it, Autour is way more evocative of what space really is than some Klaus Schulze record, for example. It's not really a studio album per say. I feel like it can't be viewed in the same light. As for N-Plants, it's definitely a different style for him, but I'm digging it (aside from the 5th track). I still say he has another studio album up his sleeve that he's put way more time into. This album wasn't conceived until Feb of this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kryoXion Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Very different album from Geir. I'm thinking about Kraftwerk, while listening to it. Clean and minimal. Simple melodies and beats. I like this record, need to listen more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 This is perfect early morning work music. track 2 i'm loving. its entertaining without being distracting and not ambient enough to send me back to sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfxf Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Received my copy today in the mail. Very different to other Biosphere, but enjoying it regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noise Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 shika-1 is fabulousg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhonny Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Fucking superb. loving this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfxf Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Now I've had a listen on decent headphones, I'm in love - and the whole premise of this album is freaky as hell. Can anyone translate the Japanese samples on the tracks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smuckers Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 fujiko is fucking dope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 i have been a biosphere fan for quite a long time now, as microgravity was one of the first records that got me into electronic music, and i wasn't even aware of the existence of a record called shenzhou, until the other day, when i first listened to it. even if i wanted to, i wouldn't be able to forget that first track. and the whole record is genius, the way he creates such atmospheres with classical elements put in. the same happened with the somehow jazzy feeling of some of the tracks of dropsonde and the magnificent patashnik as well. every biosphere record has surprised me from the very beginning in some way. maybe i just wanted to feel this again. Did you not appreciate the horns in Sendai-1 then? Minimalist - very Glass-like almost. I'm really digging the album - one of my favs of the year (so far). Oh and I think the Japanese in Monju-1 translates to "Me" "Here I am near you". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Enter a new display name Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Biosphere always knows where to find interesting samples in foreign languages. I am still amazed by the french explorer who speaks in "Le Grand Dôme" off his album Cirque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizophonic Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGhTn3Xh9uM Luv this one...Quite different, it's sure but not bad at all IMO. Nice vid BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schizophonic Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Biosphere always knows where to find interesting samples in foreign languages. I am still amazed by the french explorer who speaks in "Le Grand Dôme" off his album Cirque. Same for me...Great album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Biosphere always knows where to find interesting samples in foreign languages. I am still amazed by the french explorer who speaks in "Le Grand Dôme" off his album Cirque. The best one has to be off my favorite Biosphere track though - the Russian radio broadcast sampled in "Kobresia". Goddamn that sends chills down my spine every time I hear it. Not scary chills, just...can't explain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40days Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Am I the only one disappointed by this release? I think I caught a good passing moment or two somewhere around the middle mark, but other than that this seems like horribly bad, rushed and halfway-finished record. I probably won't bother with it again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 The best one has to be off my favorite Biosphere track though - the Russian radio broadcast sampled in "Kobresia". Goddamn that sends chills down my spine every time I hear it. Not scary chills, just...can't explain it. I think (think) it's taken from Stalker, if not then some Tarkovsky film anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted July 1, 2011 Author Share Posted July 1, 2011 The best one has to be off my favorite Biosphere track though - the Russian radio broadcast sampled in "Kobresia". Goddamn that sends chills down my spine every time I hear it. Not scary chills, just...can't explain it. I think (think) it's taken from Stalker, if not then some Tarkovsky film anyways... nnnope The voice does not belong to a Tarkovsky-movie, but to Karl Nikolajev, a Russian “biocommunicator” (telepath), that is sitting in a room, trying to “see” which object is lying on a table two floors up. The Radio Moscow-sequence I got from my own shortwaveradio.© Official Biosphere 01:45 - Voice in Russian. English translation: It is either metal or … If it’s metal, it is painted… Cold surface. It is either metal (painted), or, maybe, plastic. Colored. There is… Bright. Looks like… Maybe, it’s a toy? The surface is smooth, but here are some projections. Finger sticks. Maybe it is… Some kind of dents… or… or it is letters… or just projections… Looks like a toy. Multicolored metal or plastic, painted metal. That’s it. Stop. * - Karl Nikolajev: a “biocommunicator” who sits in a room trying to “see” what kind of object is placed on a table in a room two floors up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I think (think) I was clearly talking bollocks then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smuckers Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 it's different, but i'm down with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Am I the only one disappointed by this release? I think I caught a good passing moment or two somewhere around the middle mark, but other than that this seems like horribly bad, rushed and halfway-finished record. I probably won't bother with it again... You should definitely give it another go :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 i've not logged the listening time to accurately share my thoughts on this, but what i've eard, i've enjoyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 i've not logged the listening time to accurately share my thoughts on this, but what i've eard, i've enjoyed same. looks like a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Was vary by the comments here but gave it a go and think it's a grower. The more I listened to it, the more I like it. Will probably need to buy it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hanratty Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Was vary by the comments here but gave it a go and think it's a grower. The more I listened to it, the more I like it. Will probably need to buy it now. i am just digging every track. i wish i could make my beats sound so effortless. very idm sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40days Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Am I the only one disappointed by this release? I think I caught a good passing moment or two somewhere around the middle mark, but other than that this seems like horribly bad, rushed and halfway-finished record. I probably won't bother with it again... You should definitely give it another go :) Listening to this another time now, and yeah, it does sound a bit better but I still don't find it particularly good at this point. I guess I waited for another Substrata - stupid expectations really, but I'm more of a Substrata fan than a Biosphere fan. Now that I know how the music really sounds I can focus on digging out all the elements hidden inside it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 http://boomkat.com/vinyl/433987-the-sight-below-biosphere-n-plants-remixes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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