parvoart’s second compilation celebrates the season of hope and melancholy, of looking both to what lay behind and before us. it features a mix of label regulars and newcomers - quite by accident, almost exclusively from france and the USA - operating in the realm of ambient / microsound / contemporary classical / whatever you want to call it.
the release is dedicated to dani baquet-long, wife of advent contributor will long, who tragically passed away in july 2009 aged just 26. his nr 4, melting underfoot is his first solo work to be released since then.
the artwork deliberately borrows from joy division’s equally elegaic atmosphere single released exactly 30 years ago, and features a photo by dóc of the church cemetery in the village of lubow, near parvoart’s wismar HQ. this, and the extensive use of white - a departure from previous releases, all serve to provide a dignified response to dani’s passing as well as being thematically appropriate.
as we hope you will agree, advent is a remarkably consistent and unified piece of work for a compilation, the mix of electronic textures, strings, piano and guitar employed in different combinations by the contributors vividly creating a soundtrack for the winter months. all in all a fitting conclusion to parvoart’s ‘0’ series of cd releases.
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