DARKSONICTALES - Gevoelige Huid (HG2104) by Hallow Ground published on 2021-06-30T09:12:19Z DARKSONICTALES, DarkSonicTales - LP Release date - August 13th 2021 Catalogue nr. - HG2104 Format - Vinyl / digital Hallow Ground hallowground.bandcamp.com Tracklist: 1) Info Pandemie (02:57) 2) Sonic Darkness (05:41) 3) Spring Feelings (03:51) 4) I Still Believe (09:02) 5) Kind Of Restless (07:47) 6) Gevoelige Huid (05:57) 7) Best Buddies (07:59) Credits: All music by Rolf Gisler Lyrics of IStillBelieve by David Keenan Voice of SonicDarkness taken from Music Thing Modular - Radio Music Module Mixed by Rolf Gisler & Roger Hofmann, Mastered by Rob Viso Original artwork „Flamme“ by Irene Bisang, Photo by Simon Villiger Design by Ruth Stofer /// DarkSonicTales is a project by Rolf Gisler and his eponymous album is his first for Hallow Ground. Having been granted an artist residency by the label in a 300 year-old farm house in the Swiss countryside in autumn 2019, the Lucerne-based musician and sound artist explored the peculiar sonic environment of the building and its surroundings through the use of field recordings, modular synthesizers, guitar, bass, kalimbas, a singing saw as well as self-built instruments. The seven tracks, which were finalised in late 2019 and the spring of 2020, are as much a reaction to the setting that they sprung from as they reflect upon and express Gisler’s state of mind in these days of solitude. »The house, the forest around it and my isolation became the origins of the music that was created,« he explains. The result is a stylistically varied album that over the course of roughly 43 minutes does indeed tell its own stories. And while they may be sinister in tone, they are far from monochromatic. Ambient music, sombre spoken word passages, rhythmic noise and even intricate electronica or rock music interlock to form a larger narrative. »DarkSonicTales« is an organic album in more than one sense of the word. Reacting to and reflecting the world around him as well as expressing his inner one, Gisler gives the sounds at the core of his multifaceted compositions space and lets them breathe. Working along stark contrasts and with surprising twists, he also shines a light on the atmospheric and emotional ambiguity of the world he encountered during his solitary artist residency—unearthing the hidden layers underneath what is perceivable. Genre Ambient