Do Outro Lado #2

Como foi dito no post anterior, ouvi ontem falar (seguida de uma pequena audicäo dos mesmos) pela primeira vez de alguns grupos. Consumo musica de algumas editoras onde eles também já se aventuraram, por acaso ainda näo tinha calhado passar os ouvidos pelos seus trabalhos. Näo foi fácil encontrar textos na net, espero que estes textos vos abra o apetite, ou talvez o aprofundar do conhecimento já existente.

Porn Sword Tobacco

There must be something in the water, or maybe something in the air, because the last few months have seen some incredible albums appear out of nowhere, construct precious little stories with trickles of piano, some guitar and some carefully caressed electronic flutters and unusual recording techniques. Albums by Max Richter, Deaf Center, Sylvain Chauveau, Many Fingers, and now this quite stunning debut album from Sweden's Porn Sword Tobacco. You just don’t expect to get a demo in the post from a project with a name as unlikely as ”porn sword tobacco”. You certainly don't expect it to come attached with a beautiful hand-written note explaining how the enclosed tracks were conjured up in the middle of the swedish forrest, in the middle of the night, in a wooden-constructed recording studio known simply as “silence”. PST blend the genius of ambient masterpieces from composers like Harold Budd with something reminiscent of Mike Ink’s seminal work under the “Gas” moniker. Broken emissions, crackles and static, rustling noise, piano, guitar, organ, bass.... Porn Sword Tobacco is more like a broken radio, tuned into a station playing the most beautiful music you have ever heard in your life. Every Track tells a very specific story, told in a language centuries old and yet never before heard in quite this way. Beautiful music. - Boomkat Review

"Henrik Jonsson from Gšteborg has recorded a couple of records in the past you might know or not, but it was not until last summer that this particular project came together. The tracks on this debut release (a full-length is already in the making, the studio has been booked again for the summer) are unique and blend the genius of ambient masterpieces from composers like Harold Budd with something incredible. A burst of noise, crackles and static. Where other musicians use those elements as tiny ingredients for their music, Porn Sword Tobacco is more like broken radio, tuned into a station playing the most beautiful music you have ever heard in your life. Many famous musicians recorded in this studio, up in the north of Sweden. Ever since the 60s, the studio crew has been building one of the most impressive sound-archives in the world, a world recorded on reel-to-reel tape. Amazing acoustics and a collection of wonderful instruments and the constant presence of a very unique ambience make you think that Porn Sword Tobacco might be the modern version of Budd and Eno's The Pearl. It just draws you in, does not let go. Every track tells a very specific story, assembles sketches, drifts off, picks up again, re-adjusts itself all the time, levels noise, piano, guitar, organ, bass , thinks of new chords. Is there a better soundtracks for every season, month, day, hour, second?" - AB-CD Review


Discografia:

- Porn Sword Tobacco, lp.2004 [City Centre Offices] Electronic Abstract, Ambient, Experimental
- Porn Sword Tobacco, cd.2004 [City Centre Offices] Electronic Abstract, Ambient, Experimental