Label: Morc Records - Morc 61

ロンドンをベースに90年代末から活動を続け仄暗く美しいアンビエント作品を発表してきたKarina ESPことChris Gowers。ヒスまみれの古びた感触の風景が続く濁ったサウンドスケープ、しっとりと静謐な情景を生み出すアコギの旋律中心のトラックを交互に配置し、アルバム全体の流れで上手く聴かせていく玄人好みな一枚です。パッケージも非常に美しい作り。150部限定。

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cd in an edition of 150 copies. comes in a mini lp-style cover, complete with inner sleeve. designed by chris gowers, printed at druckwerkstatt.


It’s fair to say that despite his long history and reputation, Karina ESP hasen’t been the most productive act around. Gowers started working on this record a few years ago, but things did not fall into the right place. Until late 2011, returning from a short Benelux-tour. Gowers travelled to Scotland, where Fraser McGowan of Caught in the Wake Forever and Small Town Boredom managed to record the album in a matter of days.

And that’s what Detachment sounds like: thinking and doubting about something for a long time, and then letting it all out at the same time, telling what needs to be told, not holding back any details, but telling it clear enough so the point stays clear.