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Elevations
Erik Wollo
Elevations
Genres: Dance & Electronic, New Age, Pop, Rock
 
  •  Track Listings (12) - Disc #1

Previous releases all picked as Top 10 of the Year on Echoes. Ideal for the downtempo/chill electronic and health/bodywork markets An established recognized artist from an art label known for its quality releases. Feature...  more »

     
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All Artists: Erik Wollo
Title: Elevations
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Spotted Peccary
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 2/13/2007
Genres: Dance & Electronic, New Age, Pop, Rock
Styles: Ambient, Meditation, Progressive, Electronic
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 600028120522, 7071155327628

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Previous releases all picked as Top 10 of the Year on Echoes. Ideal for the downtempo/chill electronic and health/bodywork markets An established recognized artist from an art label known for its quality releases. Featured airplay with KINK-FM and on the annual KINK Lights-Out sampler. National radio promotion with Echoes and Hearts of Space. Limited college radio programs. Various internet reviews and publicity.
 

CD Reviews

Lucky 13: Wollo's further explorations of ambient space
ShriDurga | 06/28/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Over the past decade Norwegian composer/producer Erik Wollo has specialized in guitar-based ambient music, releasing a dozen introspective albums that work equally well as unobtrusive background music, or for the more adventurous as the subject of devoted listening. His newest release, Elevations, is a further exploration of this aural landscape, 12 original compositions organized around a central theme developed over three tracks.



The recurrent motif is the Odyssey, presented in three incarnations: Blue, Red and Green. Each of the compositions starts with a subdued wash of synthesizer, to which are added keyboard fills, sound effects, and rhythm, before the statement of a simple melody, played in Blue and Green on the synthesizer, and in Red on the guitar. Once the melody ends, the effects drop out one by one until the compositions end where they began.



Spaced evenly throughout the cd, the Odesseys are interspersed with mostly quieter songs following the same pattern, a kind of aural mountainscape, with gentle slopes on either side of a towering peak.



Elevations is a complete one-man show, with Wollo playing guitars, synthesizers, percussion, as well as programming and producing. Those who appreciate the work Jon Jenkins, Patrick O'Hearn, or Steve Roach will find much to enjoy in Erik Wollo's spacious sound.



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