LLYN Y CWN — TWLL DU
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https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/twll-du-csr254cd
Twll Du ('Black Hole') is an ominous dark ambient journey through vast atmospheric landscapes. Each beautifully crafted opus is based on a bespoke field recording and is named after an area of Cwm Idwal, home of the Twll Du. Swelling, monolithic drones reveal the majestic power of the mountains. The music conveys an immersive atmosphere and is intended to be played as the listener falls into a deep sleep.
Llyn Y Cwn ('Lake Of The Dogs) is a small lake at 715m in the Glyder mountain range of Snowdonia, North Wales. The Devil's Kitchen is the name given to the dark, black crack which splits the rock of Clogwyn y Geifr ('Cliff Of The Goat') between Y Garn and Glyder Fawr. The Welsh name for Devil's Kitchen is Twll Du, meaning 'black hole', because of the plume of steam that is often seen rising from the crack resembling a chimney. It's said when steam can be seen rising from the chimney, the Devil is cooking.
File next to fellow Welshman Lustmord.
Presented in a 6-panel digipak with breathtaking photography by the artist.
"I am an electronics technician for the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University, I spend a lot of time of time at sea on scientific research cruises which is where most of my music is written using a laptop and headphones. I have been on research trips to the arctic several times on Russian, British and Canadian icebreakers, an experience that has been a large inspiration to my music. I have lived in North Wales all my life and spend as much time as I can in my camper van in the mountains." (Benjamin Ian Powell)
Music & Photography: Benjamin Ian Powell
Mastering: Martin Bowes
Layout: Abby Helasdottir
"There is not much colour to be found on the covers of these new Cold Spring releases; a lot of black and white for and with Common Eider, King Eider also red and gold. Both releases contain music that I would not call summer festive tunes. Benjamin Ian Powell is the man behind Llyn Y Cwn (I'm so glad I am not doing spoken word podcast thing for this), which means 'Lake Of The Dogs', a real place, at 715 m in the Glyder mountain range of Snowdonia. Powell is an electronics technician, going on scientific research trips with Russian, British and Canadian icebreakers. It is on board where he composes the music, armed with just a laptop and headphones. Otherwise, he loves to stay in his camper van in the mountains. All of the stuff here is of Celtic origin and the fifty- five minutes are filled with some damn fine dark ambient music. From the accompanying press text,
I learned that we should 'file next to fellow Welshman Lustmord' (I didn't know Lustmord was from Wales!) and that is very much a true thing. Llyn Y Cwn follows the path that Lustmord once set out in the world of massive dark ambient in a very similar way. There is the slow cascading sound of water, so I believe (but being on a ship, that is hardly a surprise, so I thought), which he then manipulates in the laptop, stretching it out, adding reverb, emphasizing certain frequencies, mostly in the lower range of course, and the sound of a piece falling off an iceberg becomes the sound of a howling wolf. It is altogether pretty effective immersive music; play this loud and you will have difficulty not drowning in the music. Llyn Y Cwn does a fine job here; it sounds well produced (meaning there is also attention for detail; it is not just a massive sound) and is a fine work. However, it is also not much news under the ambient sun, but I guess that’s not what we are looking here for right now." [FdW/Vital Weekly]
Twll Du ('Black Hole') is an ominous dark ambient journey through vast atmospheric landscapes. Each beautifully crafted opus is based on a bespoke field recording and is named after an area of Cwm Idwal, home of the Twll Du. Swelling, monolithic drones reveal the majestic power of the mountains. The music conveys an immersive atmosphere and is intended to be played as the listener falls into a deep sleep.
Llyn Y Cwn ('Lake Of The Dogs) is a small lake at 715m in the Glyder mountain range of Snowdonia, North Wales. The Devil's Kitchen is the name given to the dark, black crack which splits the rock of Clogwyn y Geifr ('Cliff Of The Goat') between Y Garn and Glyder Fawr. The Welsh name for Devil's Kitchen is Twll Du, meaning 'black hole', because of the plume of steam that is often seen rising from the crack resembling a chimney. It's said when steam can be seen rising from the chimney, the Devil is cooking.
File next to fellow Welshman Lustmord.
Presented in a 6-panel digipak with breathtaking photography by the artist.
"I am an electronics technician for the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University, I spend a lot of time of time at sea on scientific research cruises which is where most of my music is written using a laptop and headphones. I have been on research trips to the arctic several times on Russian, British and Canadian icebreakers, an experience that has been a large inspiration to my music. I have lived in North Wales all my life and spend as much time as I can in my camper van in the mountains." (Benjamin Ian Powell)
Music & Photography: Benjamin Ian Powell
Mastering: Martin Bowes
Layout: Abby Helasdottir
"There is not much colour to be found on the covers of these new Cold Spring releases; a lot of black and white for and with Common Eider, King Eider also red and gold. Both releases contain music that I would not call summer festive tunes. Benjamin Ian Powell is the man behind Llyn Y Cwn (I'm so glad I am not doing spoken word podcast thing for this), which means 'Lake Of The Dogs', a real place, at 715 m in the Glyder mountain range of Snowdonia. Powell is an electronics technician, going on scientific research trips with Russian, British and Canadian icebreakers. It is on board where he composes the music, armed with just a laptop and headphones. Otherwise, he loves to stay in his camper van in the mountains. All of the stuff here is of Celtic origin and the fifty- five minutes are filled with some damn fine dark ambient music. From the accompanying press text,
I learned that we should 'file next to fellow Welshman Lustmord' (I didn't know Lustmord was from Wales!) and that is very much a true thing. Llyn Y Cwn follows the path that Lustmord once set out in the world of massive dark ambient in a very similar way. There is the slow cascading sound of water, so I believe (but being on a ship, that is hardly a surprise, so I thought), which he then manipulates in the laptop, stretching it out, adding reverb, emphasizing certain frequencies, mostly in the lower range of course, and the sound of a piece falling off an iceberg becomes the sound of a howling wolf. It is altogether pretty effective immersive music; play this loud and you will have difficulty not drowning in the music. Llyn Y Cwn does a fine job here; it sounds well produced (meaning there is also attention for detail; it is not just a massive sound) and is a fine work. However, it is also not much news under the ambient sun, but I guess that’s not what we are looking here for right now." [FdW/Vital Weekly]