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From:
kent williams
To:
David Newman
Cc:
Idm@Hyperreal. Org
Date:
Wed, 29 May 2019 12:55:56 -0500
Subject:
Re: Ümlaut : In The First Wave
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Interesting. The first track sounds like someone doing random rhythmic modulations on a sawtooth drone set against Raymond Scott tick-tock percussion. On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 12:15 PM David Newman <dwnewman@clara.co.uk> wrote:
quoted 74 lines Ümlaut : In The First Wave> Ümlaut : In The First Wave > > Imagine yourself in a satellite listening station, tuned into the > gradually evolving structures of planetary waves. Regard the album as an > electronic shuttle through planetary influences. Imagine. Receive. The mind > expands. > > Release date: 29th May 2019 > Format: Digital download > > Release page: HERE > <https://sable.madmimi.com/c/10705?id=228819.4348.1.5358348dc6c2eef033abd6e6f5104ce8> > > Bandcamp: HERE > <https://sable.madmimi.com/c/10705?id=228819.4349.1.cd853edff976e9de27745ca12cb69f3d> > > Thank you for your support of Audiobulb & its worldwide roster of > independent artists. > [image: ***] > [image: In the First Wave] > [image: ***] > > *Tracklisting:* > 1. In the First Wave > 2. Without the Formula of Sound > 3. Maybe Today is the Day > 4. Pump > 5. The Momentary Witness > 6. Time is Not > 7. May is Nigh > 8. The Most Obtuse Objects > 9. Between the Days > 10. An Occasional View > 11. Concluded & Begun > 12. Sparkle > > *Ümlaut* > Ümlaut is Jeff Düngfelder, a U.S. electronic music composer who is based > in Queens, New York. The thematic concepts distinguishing his work are > absence and silence; the ineffable exchange between viewer and image; > random moments of stillness within a landscape in flux. The listener sets > out on a richly layered journey into the unknown. As Rajneesh once said: > “Sit very quietly, and when the scenery shifts, slip between it.” > > *The First Wave* > With calming spirit, Ümlaut’s new album “In the First Wave” explores the > reciprocity of silence and noise. As an atmospheric sound poem, the > breathing spaces between sounds, textures and minimal beats are the blank > lines. The in-betweens are important elements. As the album unfolds, the > listener will begin to discern language in the spaces. The imagination is > sparked. The title, “In the First Wave,” references a beginning - whether > to time and space, or discovery of a new way of listening. Imagine yourself > in a satellite listening station, tuned into the gradually evolving > structures of planetary waves. Regard the album as an electronic shuttle > through planetary influences. Imagine. Receive. The mind expands. > > > Best wishes > > David Newman > ___________________ > > www.truthtable.co.uk | analogue electronic music > > www.audiobulb.com | exploratory music > > www.audiomoves.com | ambient music sync specialist > > > > > > >