For You, Sleepsleeper.
December 23, 2010, 0 comments
As many of you probably have noticed already, I always get extra excited when I discovering ‘new’ music from Norway, yet to be picked up by the mass. Maybe it’s because the lack of interest in music in this cold country (compared to our Swedish neighbours), or maybe because I’m a sucker to anything atmospheric — I don’t know. Benjamin Finger, whom is already signed to the lovely Oslo-based How Is Annie Records, recently released his debut album entitled “For You, Sleepsleeper” — containing 11 beautifully composed tracks which leaves me with the feeling of diving into a ocean of unpredicted, echo-like sounds. Benjamin Finger’s soundscape is unexpected and wide, also in the Kim Hiorthøy kind of way; intense and weird but the same time cinematically beautiful; almost like watching the starry night sky on the influence of acid (not talking by experience). His music falls into the experimental genre, I guess, at the same time as containing elements from both ambient-acoustic and electronic; at times almost like a more ambient version of the Japanese mastermind Cornelius. Don’t forget to take a look at the many beautiful visuals for the album here, created by Benjamin himself.
Benjamin Finger – Drowned In Elbows
Benjamin Finger – Chunks Of Plaster
