Michael Gordon - Placid (2021)

Michael Gordon, a.k.a. Mike Abercrombie or half of the famous ambient duo North Atlantic Drift, is another artist who released a great, very moody album on the Polar Seas label. Placid guarantees a fantastic and relaxing time with some quality music.

The album is built around delicate piano sounds that are washed under by extremely subtle electronica. The melodies here are ambient-like ghostly, almost intangible so it takes some focus to catch this beauty. But if you are able to do so without any distractions, it is also very satisfying. Especially that Gordon doesn't shy away from very long and very peaceful soundscapes, most prominently in melting into the blue and gather at the edges with its rain-like piano keys that make everything so much sadder and more beautiful at the same time.

Placid costs 3.5 EUR (5 CAD).

North Atlantic Drift - Departures, Vol. 2 (2018)

Check: gather at the edges

Country: Canada

Genre: piano-driven ambient

Label: Polar Seas

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North Atlantic Drift - Departures, Vol. 2 (2018) EN

The North Atlantic Drift is an underwater river pulling the warm water from the Caribbeans straight to Europe. Same way it heats up European western coasts, the music of the project called in the same way, heats up the listeners' hearts. The sixth album by North Atlantic Drift can be a surprise for their fans as the Mike Abercrombie and Brad Deschamps duet gave up the louder, post-rocking sounds and created an album filled with quietening ambient.

This is how this contemplation and being just with your own enforcing album was born. All of the delicate like spiderweb noise and some effects as the sound of fire flames in "Carousel" make a wave of peace flowing from the distant Canada. The second part to the last year's album "Departures"  makes it possible to drown in its music so it seems that coming back to the real world is no longer an option.

"Departures" costs 7 EUR.

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North Atlantic Drift - Departures, Vol. 2 (2018) PL

Prąd Północnoatlantycki to podwodna rzeka pchająca ciepłą wodę z Karaibów wprost na Europę. Tak jak on ogrzewa jej zachodnie wybrzeża, tak nowa płyta projektu o tej samej nazwie, ogrzewa serca słuchaczy. Szósty album North Atlantic Drift to w dużym stopniu nowość dla fanów bo duet Mike Abercrombie i Brad Deschamps zrezygnowali z głośniejszych, post-rockowych dźwięków na rzecz wyciszającego ambientu.

Dzięki temu powstała płyta do kontemplacji, pobycia ze sobą sam na sam. Cały delikatny jak pajęczyna noise i efekty, takie jak dźwięk leniwych płomieni w "Carousel" to płynąca z dalekiej Kanady fala spokoju. Druga część zeszłorocznego albumu "Departures" pozwala w swojej muzyce zatonąć, tak że wydaje się, że nie trzeba będzie nigdy wracać do realnego świata.

"Departures" kosztuje 31 złotych (7 EUR).

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