ANDER - .​.​. Potrwa Wiecznie (2021)

Ander (or ArosAnder in some places) is an ambient producer based in the northern Poland. He released a handful of albums already, although the label states that this is his second one after a well-received Smu†ek ("Sadness") from 2016. In any case, the new, massive album ...Potrwa wiecznie ("...It Will Last Forever") strikes with the dark atmosphere and the ability to create engaging ambient compositions.

The albums is said to consist of "short, slightly song-like forms with a slightly melancholic and oneiric overtone". It is opened with very airy choir in Błogosławienstwo ("Blessing") and follows with dark ambient with, indeed, some dreamy parts. But in fact, almost every track here has a different flavour to it, like the cosmic disco vibes in Zgłuchłe echa ("Deafened Echoes"), neoclassical elements in Tunel samotności ("The Tunnel of Loneliness") or the spoken-word-heavy Śmierć Samuela ("The Death of Samuel"). Apart from this eclectic approach to dark ambient, the thing that immediately caught my attention is the list of guests who appear on the album, including first and foremost one of my favourite Polish ambient artists Zguba (in the pretty industrial Każdy dzień w noc przechodzi ("Every Day Turns Into Night"), but also the German artists Martin Neuhold and EISENLAGER. The album is long and diverse but it works as a whole and I can appreciate that.

.​.​. Potrwa Wiecznie costs 7 EUR.

Check: Każdy dzień w noc przechodzi

Country: Poland

Genre: eclectic dark ambient

Label: Zoharum

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