exotic Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Artist.....: Krill.Minima Album......: Nautica Genre......: Ambient Label......: Native State Records Track List 01. Krill.Minima - Submarine Poetry 02. Krill.Minima - Nautica 03. Krill.Minima - Octopus And Sextant 04. Krill.Minima - The Escargots Dream 05. Krill.Minima - Princess Of The Undersea Gardens 06. Krill.Minima - Kalmar 07. Krill.Minima - The Sea Horse And The Soft Coral 08. Krill.Minima - Surface From Groundless Oceans Release Notes: Native State proudly presents 'Nautica' the first CD release of well known German recording artist Martin Juhls, aka krill.minima. Already known from his numerous releases on Native State, Aleph Zero, and Thinner, he has also received considerable international acclaim under his Marsen Jules alias. His first CD release is an ambient journey of deep aquatic worlds and otherworldly atmospheres underscored by a sophisticated minimalist approach to beat production and sound design which will appeal to fans of Brian Eno, Basic Channel, and the Native State take on digital downtempo music. Krill.Minima is the exotic ambient project of Martin Juhls from Dortmund, Germany. Besides his housy click dub moniker "Falter" and his orchestral inspired "Marsen Jules" tracks his project krill.Minima is about the idea of mixing warmth, emotion and pop-appeal with exotic and experimental sounds, modern sound hack, clicking rhythms and ambient constructions. Even if his music sounds personal and fresh his influences reach far back to the sound-imaginations and concepts of timeless composers like Brian Eno, Erik Satie, Steve Reich, Stockhausen, Piere Henry and modern sound innovators like Sonic Youth, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Alva Noto and Rhythm&Sound. "Everything I hear is available material" is a quote by Music-Concrete creator Piere Henry which is very close to Martins procedure of making his ambient music. Most of his rhythm sounds are based on ordinary and non ordinary noises which he recorded in his living room.Even if this sounds like an experimental way of making music martin has a quite different approach of creating his atmospheric tracks. "Mostly when I start producing a new track or project I have a clear soundpicture, emotion and atmosphere in mind which I want to make hearable. Then I start collecting the sounds, chords and fragements which I think could work to create a comparable acoustic surrounding." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melancholyman Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 I think this album was kinda boring, I like his earlier works under Marsen.Juhls But this one just isn't..I dunno. Haven't really listened to it many time but my first impressions are not that good. Still it's a decent ambient album ofc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotic Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 I think this album was kinda boring, I like his earlier works under Marsen.Juhls But this one just isn't..I dunno. Haven't really listened to it many time but my first impressions are not that good. Still it's a decent ambient album ofc.you might wanna reconsider your opinion .. this album just grows and grows.. its like poetry without words : an underwater dreamworld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melancholyman Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 you might wanna reconsider your opinion .. this album just grows and grows.. its like poetry without words : an underwater dreamworld I'll take a rein check on that, gonna dive deep down and see what lies beneath the surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abasio Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I've really liked it so far! & yes it grows & grows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kabamaru Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I've really liked it so far! & yes it grows & grows! True, it's a grower. The weird thing is he has already released (recently too) a free album with identical feeling in Thinner and this is, to put it bluntly, more of the same. Still, it's very high quality ambient dub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphiton Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 True, it's a grower. The weird thing is he has already released (recently too) a free album with identical feeling in Thinner and this is, to put it bluntly, more of the same. Still, it's very high quality ambient dub. Wow, thanks! Haven't checked Thinner for a few months... they redesigned their page Nice. Dloading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psygnus Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I listen to this album late at night before i sleep (on headphones), and it soothes me soooo...! Really smooth ambient and a lot of unique sounds! Good job... p.s. Thanks for the Thinner link! I'll check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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