Reviews of Monocoastal [12k1063]

…Bringing the sea and its surrounding beauty to life through a collection of instruments and their resulting sounds.

To pick a standout track is difficult and perhaps missing the point in an album best appreciated in one sitting, but one has to remark upon the delicate beauty of “Between Narrow And Small.”

Fischer surely plays some excellent music, where indeed the emphasis lies more on the use of acoustic instruments

The softly undulating gestures are like a landmass meeting the recessing sea.

…begon Marcus aan zijn missie om het geluid en het gevoel dat met deze wereldzee gepaard gaat, om te zetten in muziek.

Each piece exudes a worn character that suggests weathering by a combination of time and the natural elements.

The swathes of glistening ambience keep you firmly in a dreamlike state where you’re unlikely to want to return from for a while.

Monocoastal is a pause, a lull, a land of exile

Klingt alles warm und analog, vor allem intim, wie ausgedachte Kurzmelodien gespielt auf halbleeren Gläsern nachts allein in der Küche.

In a place of such graceful shapes.

The swathes of glistening ambience keep you firmly in a dreamlike state where you’re unlikely to want to return from for a while.

Organic sensation and use of actual physical space shape his faded polaroid environments

Ascolto dopo ascolto le atmosfere di “Wave Atlas”, “Mossbank” e “Shape To Shore” entrano sottopelle rendendo necessaria la modalità d’ascolto in “infinite repeat”

Seine Geräuschsammlung bleibt immer den Umständen entsprechend affrmativ, die Natur als Umgebung stets spürbar.

De todos los discos que ha publicado 12k durante 2010, posiblemente el de Marcus Fischer es el más delicado y sutil.

L’artiste américan vous offre un instant de grace pour l’oreille.

Fischer parvient à donner à chacune de ses pièces un caractère familier, une sorte d’environnement vierge dont rien ne saurait troubler la tranquillité.

Different hues and tinges of blue are all over the album, and there are scents of grey and gold intermixed that mainly derive from the deliberately hazy field recordings and the powerful yet fragile guitar setups.