Elpa70: Northcape - Alluvial EP

1. Alluvial (3:55)
2. Water Over Flint (7:30)
3. Doorways Facing East (4:35)
4. Deep Strata (4:16)

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The 'Alluvial' EP is inspired by geology, human prehistory and the idea of 'deep time'- how incredibly long it has taken the planet to evolve.
I have therefore tried to express a sense of scale, which is in contrast to the more personal landscapes that inspire much of Northcape's material.
The result is this EP which contains four slow-building but still melodic tracks with a more ambient feel.
Some of the tracks are inspired by the idea of human habitation in the distant past, and others by geological space - the release image is pretty much a landscape I was imagining when I was writing the tracks.
Although they are different from my normal approach to melodic electronica (which continues to develop), I think these tracks still keep a recognizable Northcape sound.


Cover artwork by Northcape.

Elpa69: Data Unit - Moonlight Nagara

01. Sea (2:35)
02. Sunday 11am (3:27)
03. Plume (3:03)
04. Grandma's playing marbles and i'm drinking tea (2:04)
05. Spathiphyllum (3:12)
06. Hinode (2:06)
07. Azuki Can (3:37)
08. Christmas is in September (4:11)
09. Departure (2:55)
10. 16 (3:24)
11. 03.45 No Sleep (The Cardigans cover) voice by [A] (3:46)
12. Azur Hotel (4:39)

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Moonlight Nagara was a Project i started as [F]
and then we were running it with [A]
as an internet collab from september 2007 to december 2007.
Our collab has ended four years ago.
Now I want to run it again.
So, these are the tracks we've made.
Then i'll make some new asap.

I have to say the end of this Project gave birth to Data Unit.

As a matter of fact, my love for Japan is not brand new.

François de Benedetti, May 04 2011.


Cover artwork by François de Benedetti