| Artist |
Loscil |
| Album Title: |
Sketches From New Brighton |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Electronica/Dance: Ambient Electronica |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
09/10/2012 |
| Label |
Kranky |
| Catalog No |
KRANK171 |
| Bar Code No |
7 96441 81712 2 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard Gatefold |
| Tracks |
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Khanahmoot (7:48)
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| 2.
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Hastings Sunrise (5:51)
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| 3.
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Second Narrows (6:00)
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| 4.
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Container Ships (5:11)
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| 5.
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Coyote (5:02)
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| 6.
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Collision Of The Pacific Gatherer (4:50)
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| 7.
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Cascadia Terminal (8:37)
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| 8.
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Fifth Anchor Span (6:52)
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| 9.
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Prairie Trains (5:10)
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| Date Acquired |
02/13/2013 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
15.71 |
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Notes |
Composed By, Producer – Scott Morgan
Design [Graphic] – Larry van Kampen
Illustration [Cover] – Carrie Walker
Mastered By – Taylor Deupree
Mastered At – 12K Mastering
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Kranky
Copyright © – Kranky
In embossed gatefold cardboard sleeve.
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Analyzed: Loscil / Sketches From New Brighton
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -0.10 dB -10.92 dB 5:10 01 - Khanahmoot
DR8 -0.47 dB -10.20 dB 6:52 02 - Hastings Sunrise
DR8 -0.50 dB -10.78 dB 8:37 03 - Second Narrows
DR9 -0.31 dB -11.06 dB 4:50 04 - Container Ships
DR10 -0.25 dB -12.25 dB 5:02 05 - Coyote
DR8 -0.10 dB -9.08 dB 5:11 06 - Collision of the Pacific Gatherer
DR10 -0.33 dB -12.94 dB 6:00 07 - Cascadia Terminal
DR9 -0.51 dB -11.76 dB 5:51 08 - Fifth Anchor Span
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.45 dB 7:48 09 - Prairie Trains
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 567 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Heather Phares
Scott Morgan spent the two albums he made prior to Sketches from New Brighton, Endless Falls and Coast/Range/Arc, expanding on his subtle ambient approach. On this collection, however, he pulls in a bit, using the experience from those explorations to craft something just as rich as those albums in spite (or perhaps because) of its simplicity. As with all of Morgan's work, Sketches from New Brighton establishes a striking sense of place within its music, not just because it was inspired by an actual location -- in this case, an oceanside park near the Vancouver Port Authority -- but because it has so much depth. Over the course of the album, a handful of sounds combine in ways full of hushed beauty and creativity, emphasizing the sculptural nature of these tracks. "Khanahmoot" begins things with gentle but engaging gradations that prepare listeners for the more ambitious explorations to come. One of these is the eight-and-a-half-minute-long "Second Narrows" (whose name makes this album's connection to Loscil's 2004 album First Narrows more explicit). It's one of the most expansive showcases for Morgan's almost imperceptible shifts, as the dark pulse that makes up the album's heart is joined by delicately layered beats and synths that get more fractured and active as the song nears its close. On this song and the rest of Sketches from New Brighton, a watercolor softness and transparency to the sounds pull in listeners ever so gently and give an almost subliminally soothing effect to many of its tracks, such as "Container Ships," which feels nearly amniotic in its weightless intimacy, or the lulling warmth of "Coyote." However, not all of the album is so cozy: "Hastings Sunrise" boasts a sharply metallic tone that recalls a shakuhachi flute in its insistent loneliness, which envelops the rest of the track with a noir-ish glamour and mystery that make it all the more striking, and "Collision of the Pacific Gatherer"'s bassline adds an ominous undertone to the rippling electronics that overlay it. Yet these changes in mood are as subtle as everything else on the album; all the better to discover the different ways these songs flow into each other. Sketches from New Brighton may not be as immediately gripping as Endless Falls or Coast/Range/Arc, but its never-showy refinements are just as impressive in their own way.
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