Marie Wilhelmine Anders
Music like a quiet storm,....all these tracks are going by so quickly, I listen to the album over and over and love it the more and more. Imo, Ludvif Cimbrelius has a phenomenal sense of time and dramaturgy, which I deeply admire. It's not easy to pick a favorite track: there's Empire To Dust, Nereides, Tectonic Shift, Ängar Av Aska, A New Tomorrow.... more and more favorites are added.
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Having been blessed with an early access copy of the album, without question I can say that Ludvig once again displays his unrivalled creative abilities with this offering. The way Ludvig fuses the genres of ambient/DnB/glitchy IDM to create the atmospheric and deep soundscapes is outrageously stunning. It's transcendental. When I listen, it feels like I’m inside some sort of god-like crystalline temple being healed.
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Ludvig Cimbrelius returns with his third full-length album on ASIP under his illustrious ambient jungle/drum’n bass alias, Illuvia. Shifting focus from the stratospheric highs of 2021’s Iridescence Of Clouds, Ludvig now reflects on the meaning and spectrums of life on Earth.
"According to my lifelong research, Earth appears to be a modulation of light. It is said that what the eyes receive are rays emitted by a star, whose flow of photons is invisible to the human eye until they are reflected and modulated by matter.
Matter — the patterned dance of charged particles appearing out of nothing. Simultaneously, it is observable that light converts into matter. And matter converts into light.
Logic tells me that they are one, appearing as two. And, as a consequence of their division and subsequent interaction, the spectrum of a world appears.
Being a manifestation of something as ethereal and ephemeral as light modulated by the dance of charged particles, the world feels surprisingly solid.
Less like a prism and more like a prison. That is what the surface tells us.
Those who seek freedom look deeper."
–Ludvig Cimbrelius (Illuvia)
Earth Prism will be available on A Strangely Isolated Place on transparent vinyl, gatefold 2LP + digital formats from June 20th 2024. Mastered by Hollis Nolan, Lacquer cut by Andreas LUPO Lubich, featuring artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding.
*****
“The rhythms are complex and riotous, but they feel like some elemental process taking place thousands of meters up (perhaps in the titular iridescent clouds), surrounded by layer upon layer of mist and radiance.” Joe Muggs (Bandcamp, Best Electronic Music, 2021)
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“The typical Illuvia track is panoramic, majestic, and ethereal; packed with detail, the material engulfs like a blinding snowstorm.” - Textura, 2021
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“Forget liquid d’n’b, this is steam drum and bass” - Forestpunk, 2021
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“Full of pastel soundscapes and poignant melodies, Iridescence Of Clouds luxuriates in its gauzy aesthetic, weaving in kinetic percussion and rollicking Amen breaks that would likely be quite ferocious on their own; here, however, they’re largely kept in check.” - Shawn Reynaldo / First Floor, 2021
*****
“Creative mixers combined drum ‘n’ bass with ambience and a hint of dub, creating a hybrid that was simultaneously soothing and exciting; Iridescence of Clouds falls into this vein, an hour-long set that unfolds like a dream.” - A Closer Listen 2021
credits
released June 20, 2024
Written and produced by Ludvig Cimbrelius
Mastered by Hollis Nolan
Lacquer cut by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich @ LOOP-O Mastering, Berlin
Artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding
Cat: ASIPV049
A perfect sequel to Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel, but more exiting and moving than it's predecessor.
This album with provide you with the most depths of any ambient record, and take you for a beautiful journey though space in the deepest parts of the known universe. Nebulas, gas clouds, and glittering distant starscapes will color you minds eye while you glide along the detailed sounds of the creator.
10/10
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