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Artist
Andreas Bertilsson
12+ albums
swedishfolkHans Appelqvistmusique concrete
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Andreas Bertilsson has under his former alias, Son of Clay, released three albums through which he developed the musical form that fully emerges in this piece. Paramount is to be understood as a tripartite piece where the music moves across three stages and suggests a more comprehensive underlying story. The sound material fluctuates from digital adaptations, field recordings and arranged situations, via spoken voice, improvised percussions and acoustic bass in a work that is concluded in a massive wall of sound that marks the ending of the piece. Bertilsson's full expression is not only characterized by the richness of detail and timbre, but above all by a striking adaptation of the sound recordings. The combinations of sound goes beyond the familiar and the amalgamated work appears odd and alien in a way that sharpens the ears and the minds of the listener. Combined with a timing and a musical gesture which appears unintelligible and beautiful at the same time, i'm left in amazement vis-à-vis a music that takes on a form of its very own, separate from reality. Frans Gillberg, Komplott | 2007-02-04 User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
