Deaf Center - Pale Ravine (2005)

Other-worldly and rewarding narrative blend of classical music and electronics. For fans of Max Richter and Harold Budd.

After the critical acclaim of their 'Neon City' EP, 'Pale Ravine' is the long awaited full-length realization of Erik Skodvin and Otto Totland's musical ideals. Taking up where 'Neon City' left off with it's epic sound collages and textural soundscapes, 'Pale Ravine' manages to provide a sound altogether more Lynchian and grimly cinematic. Using influences from further back in their lives, the two Norwegian musicians have looked deep into their own family histories to piece together a dusty and nostalgic epic.
Inspired by old silent 8mm film reels, the historical architecture around them and the call of the alluring Norwegian landscape, the duo set out armed with microphones to record whatever they could to capture these feelings. Sounds from battered old records, cash registers, broken machines and a half-dead piano were all blended into the mix to add a warm, homely depth to the recordings.

'Pale Ravine' is an album which again manages to blend elements of classical music with electronic music, yet there is something decidedly different which sets it apart from the competition. While there are elements that can be compared with contemporaries such as Max Richter, Marsen Jules or Ryan Teague - Deaf Center is altogether more other-worldly, darker and ultimately very rewarding.


Tracklist:

01. Lobby
02. Thread
03. White Lake
04. Path to Lucy
05. Stone Beacon
06. Weir
07. Loft
08. Thunder Might
09. Lamp Mien
10. The Clearing
11. Fog Animal
12. Eloy

Click above track 3 and 7 for album sampler.