III: Chroma/Contour, by Billow Observatory

III: Chroma/Contour

by Billow Observatory

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Whyte Rushan its a perfect take off Favorite track: Color In The Six.

Stefan Carlson Billow Observatory comes back and hits the nail on the head again, delivering a mysterious, ethereal, ambient album of tracks that leave you feeling as though you are actually in space. Favorite track: Iris.

armadillo Thank you for shipping a free copy of the Manual album Azure Vista along with this new album! Favorite track: Soft Logic.

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	1.	Serriform 10:12
	2.	Color In The Six 05:55
	3.	Lidless Path 03:45
	4.	Iris 04:43
	5.	Trumbull 06:53
	6.	Light By A Thread 04:51
	7.	Soft Logic 04:32
	8.	Bright Lands Rising 05:45
	9.	Memory Resonance 05:06

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III: Chroma/Contour is the third album from Billow Observatory, the collaborative project of Danish producer Jonas Munk (Manual, Ulrich Schnauss collaborator and more) and Michigan native Jason Kolb (Auburn Lull). The album's nine tracks eschew the pulse and
rhythm that defined the duo's previous effort (II: Plains/Patterns) in favor of sparse melodic possibilities and a more abstract palette of sounds. Chroma/Contour suggests looking both 20 years forward and twenty years back, while forgetting the present altogether.

Much of the album plays out as a study in minimalism: the texture and colour of each sound is being explored in miniscule detail, with enough space in the soundfield to allow each sonic constituent to breathe fully. There's a conceptual dimension to several tracks on the album, with
guitars, analog synths and voices being mangled by samplers, computer software and a broken dictaphone into pure abstraction. But simultaneously there's a melodic undercurrent, revealing a deeply emotional aspect of the music. Tracks such as Color In The Six, Iris and Soft Logic convey a melancholic sense of awe, a profoundly calming glimpse of the sublime.

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released February 8, 2019

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Billow Observatory Detroit, Michigan

Billow Observatory is a trans-Atlantic duo consisting of Detroit's Jason Kolb (Auburn Lull) and Denmark's Jonas Munk (Manual). They have been working together since 2006.

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