Reviews of Sart [12k1042]

Sart kann für Vieles stehn, nicht zuletzt für eine 1971er ECM-Einspielung von Jan Garbarek, einem Landmann von Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik & Rune Sagevik, und bedeutet da wie hier “zzrt” & “sanft”.

Ich habe schon lange keinen solch vielschichtigen Minmal-Ambient gehört. Große Klasse.

Riferendoci al contributo dei novegesi Pjusk alla compilation Blueprints, l’avevamo definito – perdona – te l’autocitazione – altero rimestare ipnagogico.

Sart reminds me of a time when I originally fell in love with electronic music actually, and although electronic albums have been thin on the ground in the last few years, hearing this album gives me back the confidence that it can still be done right every once in a while. Sublime.

One more step in the conversion of 1994’s Selected Ambient Works II’s austere minimalism to something of richer, deeper tones.

Es ist die fragile Steuerung des großen Moments, die dieses Album so wichtig macht.

Définitivement prometteur, Pjusk signe un premier opus tres abouti qui fait d’ores et déjà d’eux un groupe à suivre.

Sart is a remarkably accomplished and complex record.

There are numerous electronic music artists exploring the territory of dark electronics and gloomy atmospheres but not on the 12k label and not quite with verve, diversity, and poignancy of Pjusk.

It’s a work that retains its own sense of charm and magic—indeed, as it stands, Sart is one of the stronger experimental electronica releases of 2007.

Warmth is not a word I’d use to describe the duo’s general direction. If anything, it’s austere and rather chilly, but chilled in a good way. It’s like a cold glass of vodka in far away Norwegian winter air. It does nothing but warm the insides and leaves a great impression on the listener.

Nicht fett aber nett.

Norway is cold for much of the year, so warm tones like this make a whole lot of sense.

Stunning mournful choral and classical splinters emerge through cracks as in a less abrasive Philip Jeck performance.

Pjusk’s arrangements stand out from the pack because they are refined and meticulously crafted.

Es regnet viel an Norwegens Westküste, und das stete Rauschen und Tropfen hat wohl seine Spuren hinterlassen in der Musik von Pjusk.

Un bel ouvrage dont on attend une suite avec impatience.

In alcune tracce di Sart presenti la chitarra di Tor Anders Voldsund, il fauto di Erik Manshaus e la voce di Elisabeth Lahr.

In dunkle Gewässer ziehen uns Pjusk hinuter Sart ist ein sphärisch dichter und pulsierender Klangwurm, der nur selten auftaucht.

Het Noorse duo Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik en Rune Sagevik verstopt in zijn lieflijke soundscapes veldopnames van cassette-ruis, mensenmassa’s maar ook van skiliften.

Unbelievable impact.

Sart is special because it doesn’t sound like music as much as a naturally occurring phenomena.

One of the most intriguing electronica albums of 2007.

I must admit that I really wasn’t prepared for just how stupendous this album is.

Sart is an accomplished debut from a duo that is just beginning to realize their musical strengths and potential.

My album of the year so far.

Warm like the mid-winter campfire.

Ambient in the hands of Pjusk is a sponge, able to soak in many genres.