4 ...according to our Clinton on 03 September 2010.
Despite Phil's concerns about their input slowing up in recent months, Celer seem to be continuing unabated, presumably with a huge backlog of material to plough through. Like most of their releases, this comes in gorgeous evocative artwork that seems to match the lazily spun out ambient sounds contained within. There are a lot of people making ambient washy instrumental music but it takes real skill and panache to do it well. Luckily Celer have the type of haunting, ethereal sounds in their repertoire that even on a grey, cloudy day in Armley can instantly transport you to somewhere else entirely...half forgotten landscapes, bleary eyed reminiscences of places once visited. This is strung out melancholy ambience of the highest order and another one to add to a stunning collection of work you may come to value in years to come.
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Sound clips for Panoramic Dreams Bathed In Seldomness by Celer: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Basses Frequences, BF27, £10.29.
I am proud and honored to announce the CD release of ‘Panoramic Dreams Bathed In Seldomness’ by Celer. The album was recorded in 2006 and 2007, and has been mastered early 2010 by Taylor Deupree.
“Opening in medias res with field recordings that slowly shift into a haze of hovering tones, Will and Dani's loop- based constructions flicker and unfurl at an unhurried pace, ebbing into one another, decaying into resonant silence. Indeed, “Panoramic Dreams..." proves to be an apt title for this collection, as each track enacts a sort of bleary-eyed navigation of an imagined landscape. There is a profound sense of melancholy in these recordings, but also a subjunctive quality that is hard to ignore- a meditation on possibility, on what might come to pass. Like the best Celer recordings, the four tracks collected here evoke in this listener a sense oflonging and nostalgia, the object of which remains opaque and elusive, but ultimately no less affecting.” -Alex Cobb (Taiga Remains, Student Of Decay rds) June 2010