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10 tracks. Running time 72:59
Autumn Continent is Stefan Jonsson's third album under the Between Interval pseudonym which he uses for ambient releases – he uses other names for his work in the house and trance genres. This new album was inspired by the cold autumn and winter months of Northern Europe. Listeners can expect deep ambient and mysterious voyages in the same kind of vein as his previous album Secret Observatory. What typifies this album are the slow cold sonic winds smoothly whistling past, some of which have a metallic sheen reminiscent of Igneous Flame's Tolmon or Oxana. These are layered with other washes and drones sometimes creating a floating sensation like passing over a wintery sublime landscape that is both unforgiving and beckoning. The title tracks “Autumn Continent 1” and “Autumn Continent 2” bookend the album. The first of these has some of those lovely cold sonic winds and other droney textures continually panning across the soundscape. Chilly and dark landscapes are made inviting in this musical form. Occasionally the music develops from formless ambience to include rhythm and melodic aspects. The track “Submerged” features kind of rhythmic gong, bell, or possibly Tibetan singing bowl sounds echoing alongside various icy and metallic washes which imbue the piece with a Himalayan atmosphere. Between Interval has had some of his tracks appear on the Ultimae label's compilation albums. The piece “Early Life Remainings” is in the style one would expect to hear on those compilations with its velvety airy sheens rising and falling against an almost sensuous beat and rhythm. Indeed, this piece is similar in structure and feel to a track by Cell also featured on one of those Ultimae albums. I can say without hesitation that Autumn Continent is another great ambient album from Between Interval that is ideal for immersing and losing oneself in. If the strangely inviting landscapes of Scandinavia in the dark months generated a sonic aura, I could imagine it would sound something like this. |