℗ 2015 Smalltown Supersound
1 |
Intro / Cave André Bratten |
3:23 | ||
2 |
Quiet Earth André Bratten |
4:04 | ||
3 |
Philistine André Bratten |
3:48 | ||
4 |
Bivouac André Bratten |
6:52 | ||
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Cascade of Events (feat. Susanne Sundfør) André Bratten; Susanne Sundfør |
4:45 | ||
6 |
Ins. André Bratten |
1:10 | ||
7 |
Gode André Bratten |
3:05 | ||
8 |
Space Between Left & Right André Bratten |
5:05 | ||
9 |
Iconography André Bratten |
5:03 | ||
10 |
Primordial Pit André Bratten |
3:46 | ||
11 |
Zero André Bratten |
7:00 | ||
12 |
Math Ilium Ion André Bratten |
5:16 | ||
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Total Playing Time 53:17
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"Echoes of Aphex Twin, Nils Frahm, Arvo Pärt and Biosphere swirl around a deeply personal but sonically seductive piece of work."
- MOJO
"... the most ambitious work of his career, tackling social and historical injustices of the past ... he wants to tell a story with specific historical context within electronic music, which is an inherently difficult task ... Bratten is resourceful at assembling whatever sounds or styles needed to fit the need of the moment ... an expertly produced, emotionally honest record that defies genre and expectation. To understand that requires no homework."
- Pitchfork
Norway's André Bratten recorded Gode between 2012 and 2015 in Oslo, citing artists like Giacinto Scelsi, Arvo Pärt, Gescom/AE, Brian Eno and Norwegian compatriot Biosphere as inspiration. Like a stark black and white film, the album is a meditation on the darker days of Norway’s past, before the country discovered its oil wealth. From 1900 to 1939 it was one of Europe’s poorest countries, beset by illness and starvation. Only the privileged could afford to make art and music. Bratten gave free rein to his imagination and further deepened his unique compositional practice: while his previous work was based on synthesizers, drum machines and computers, Gode was made using tape machines, layered with field recordings, heavily modified piano, string arrangements and even vocals.
"Gode is a personal album. It's the album I have always wanted to make."
- André Bratten
- MOJO
"... the most ambitious work of his career, tackling social and historical injustices of the past ... he wants to tell a story with specific historical context within electronic music, which is an inherently difficult task ... Bratten is resourceful at assembling whatever sounds or styles needed to fit the need of the moment ... an expertly produced, emotionally honest record that defies genre and expectation. To understand that requires no homework."
- Pitchfork
Norway's André Bratten recorded Gode between 2012 and 2015 in Oslo, citing artists like Giacinto Scelsi, Arvo Pärt, Gescom/AE, Brian Eno and Norwegian compatriot Biosphere as inspiration. Like a stark black and white film, the album is a meditation on the darker days of Norway’s past, before the country discovered its oil wealth. From 1900 to 1939 it was one of Europe’s poorest countries, beset by illness and starvation. Only the privileged could afford to make art and music. Bratten gave free rein to his imagination and further deepened his unique compositional practice: while his previous work was based on synthesizers, drum machines and computers, Gode was made using tape machines, layered with field recordings, heavily modified piano, string arrangements and even vocals.
"Gode is a personal album. It's the album I have always wanted to make."
- André Bratten
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Smalltown Supersound Studio Masters