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01. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - The Disjointed
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02. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Bis Einer Weint
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03. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Antichrist Architect Management (Bonus CD Track)
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04. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Untitled 090616
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05. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Tremolous
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06. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Monolith & Bunker
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07. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Noir Revisited
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08. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Perspex
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09. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Liquid Fire
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10. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Tenebrous
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11. MARCUS FJELLSTROM - Uncanny Valleys
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ARTIST
FJELLSTROM, MARCUS
TITLE
Schattenspieler
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
MIASMAH
CATALOG #
MIA 013CD
MIA 013CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
11/23/2010
Swedish composer and multimedia artist
Marcus Fjellström
's debut Miasmah release follows two critically-acclaimed full length albums on Lampse. In addition, Marcus has had several commissioned works requested, leading to him working with, among others, the Swedish Royal Ballet, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, numerous ensembles, soloists and filmmakers. Currently based in Berlin, Fjellström's compositions often combine aspects of modern classical composition and arrangement and more avant forms of music, be that acoustic or electronic.
Schattenspieler
(which translates as "Shadowplayer") takes the form of eleven compositions which explore ambience and melody, texture and silence. Haunting synth and orchestral, instrument-based audio constructions flow from one moment to the next -- the fleeting ghosts of Fjellström's melodies rise, only to be buried under a claustrophobic clutter of percussion and creaking background noise. These pieces do indeed feel like you're listening to something more implied than obviously stated, as if Fjellström wants only to expose his listeners to the shadow of the music -- the implication being perhaps a more terrifying experience than to be confronted outright. The undeniably
Angelo Badalamenti
-esque descending synth strings of opening track "The Disjointed" lay the foundations for this album; music resting somewhere between the unsettling horror soundtracks of
Jerry Goldsmith
, the elevating melodies of
Cliff Martinez
, and the subtle audio constructions of Miasmah label-mates
Kreng
and
Jacaszek
. Marcus' wide-ranging abilities in composition and his willingness to let go of accepted form and function makes
Schattenspieler
a perfect choice of release for the Miasmah label. The suspense-laden "Antichrist Architect Management," with its harrowing and tense undertones, weaving synth lines and washes of static hiss and flicker, is a particular stand-out track.
Schattenspieler
also includes a four-part suite "House Without A Door," which was originally commissioned for the
Bernd Behr
film of the same name. "Uncanny Valleys," reflective in some ways of the opening track, is a haze of descending synth and organ tones. The imperfections in these often scratchy recordings makes for an alluring, almost drug-induced state of mind where all that is real is unreal.
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