From: John Shanahan ()
Date: May 2, 2008
Subject:
RE: (amb) Norman purveyors equate Parks to gold, cookies & heaven.
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It's all a musician can ask for to make a reviewer happy as a pig in shit! And friends, I have been that pig.Umber sounds like something I need to get my hands on! Nice review.- - - - - [EMAIL REMOVED] Thu, [EMAIL REMOVED] (amb) Norman purveyors equate Parks to gold, cookies & heaven.I love Norman Records updates. And not just because they like Infraction releases. They're highly entertaining to boot. A good case in point in this
small review/state of affairs below. Heaven is an obscure Russian ambient reissue and crumbling cookies.
At any rate, we sent them over the new Parks "Umber" CD and they had these nice things to say about it :
"We always await a new release on Infraction with great excitement here
at the towers. The labels output always brings a calming, soothing
atmosphere to the office which is fantastic as it gets a bit chaotic
here sometimes. So here is the latest offering on Infraction and it
comes from Parks (Igor Bystrov) and to be perfectly honest 'Umber' is
an absolute fucking stunner. This is a reissue of an obscure Russian
album from 2000 on Zvezda Record. The sound of distant trains create
hypnotic rhythms while heavenly strings and ambient sounds and
shimmering drones just grab my heart and wont let go. Listening to this
has given me goosebumps. 'Topaz' is a perfect track and an immediate
classic for me and I don't say that lightly. It has a kind of nostalgic
melody reminding me of a golden era in electronic music / early
ambient/ chillout sharing late nights with friends and just completely
immersing myself and becoming lost in the magical beauty of music and
sound. A mighty fine album and limited to just 300 copies. So I've got
back home from a hard days work and after putting the kids to bed the
first thing I do is pour a glass of wine and revisit 'Umber' by Parks.
Listening to these tracks on headphones have had a profound effect on
me. I'm literally melting into my armchair as I write these words. This
is a lot more "musical" than much of the more drone based current wave
of ambient music. Big up to Infraction for digging this one out of the [EMAIL REMOVED] ) I can't
believe that my radar missed this masterpiece first time around. If
you're one of the lucky people that will have this music in your lives
then I'm sure it'll be something you will treasure. Okay so now I'm
gonna peel myself off of the floor and pour another glass of wine. Igor
if you're reading this then thank you so much. Your sounds have really
touched me. Timeless stuff, a real gem in the Infraction catalogue and
an absolute joy to behold... Now my lovely lady has just given me a
Yumbles Organic Chocolate Chip Crumblie Cookie. I think I've just died
and gone to heaven... I'm happy as a pig in shit right now. Life rules
sometimes." - Ant / Norman Records
www.normanrecords.com/records/97973
www.infractionrecords.com/shop.html
Jason
infractionrecords.com
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