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Pjusk
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Description: | Digipak CD on 12k |
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| Format: | CD | |
| Genre(s): | Experimental / Abstract | |
| Label: | 12k | |
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£9.29
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| Availability: | Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry! |
...according to our Brian on 11 March 2010.
Phil has put some neo-goth nonsense on the stereo so I've decamped to headphone heaven to peruse the contents of this here CD on 12k. Pjusk is a Norwegian duo specialising in brittle, arctic glitchscapes & frosty dark ambient moods. I can sense a comradeship with the old guard such as Biosphere in these deep isolatory tones, manipulated found-sound, sporadic minimal beats/pulses and vast, brooding synth lines. Early 00s Russian electronica carried some similar eerie sensibilities & interesting micro-rhythms but this is definitely a Stately & Scandinavian kind of magic we're dealing with here. Foreboding yet oddly comforting, this 12 tracker carries the sound of icy crevices, isolation & the purity of nature; some beautifully deep & aquatically themed sound worlds are realised on 'Sval', a real treat for true fans of Nordic ambience!!
Pjusk is a duo from the westcoast of Norway. Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik started doing electronic music in the early nineties techno scene and layed live around the country with the Neural Network band. A dozen releases have since appeared both solo and in various bands. Most prominently the Circular project which relased several acclaimed albums on the same label as the Biosphere work of that era. Rune Andre Sagevik was an early party promoter way out in the vividly beautiful countryside in the deep fjords. He started doing electronic music a decade ago. The Pjusk project began when Jostein many years later heard one of these tracks on the radio. He liked it so much that he made contact with Rune and a fruitful, productive collaboration started in 2005. In the two years that have passed they have released work on compilations and their debut cd Sart, on 12k in New York.
