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Perhaps best recognised for the wonderful sound poem ‘La Mer’, he became known as the Impressionist’s composer. Debussy’s harmonic improvisation paved the way for the major musical upheavals of the 20th century. Here on ‘Shenzhou’ the crackle comes from a slab of Decca Red Label Classics vinyl as the muted woodwinds, strings and brass from Debussy’s various tone poems circle and twist themselves around Biosphere’s sonic tectonic plates. Jenssen’s approach has always been about sound sculpting and collage he creates a tonal palette from natural and synthetic sources.
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Biosphere’s most recent outings on ‘Substrata’, and ‘Cirqu” (a geomorpholigical term for a natural amphitheatre in the ice), used the sounds of cracking sheet-ice and fizzing wood stoves. Once again, ‘Shenzho” somehow manages to construct a permafrosted arctic landscape yet imbue it with warmth, beauty and soul. It might be a cliché?, but a sense of place has always been present in the work of Biosphere. The music has lost none of its diaphanous drift and is at once evocative of both location and atmosphere. The long winter in Tromso has resulted in another signal work for Geir Jenssen’s catalogue, one which grows steadily and insistently on the listener until its sonorities and synaesthetics lock you into an immersive soundscape. This is not the first time that Debussy and electronica have met, Japanese musician and writer Isao Tomita brought forth moog-fest ‘Snowflakes Are Dancing’ in the seventies and acknowledged the same musical inspiration.
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It might be a cliché notion but perhaps Shenzhou’s understatement is a testament to a maturing performer who’s able to express more with less.ī I G C H I L L R E C O R D O F T H E W E E Kīiosphere’s latest recording makes for a new twist in a career which could never be described as comfortable and formulaic: ten of the twelve tracks on this disc are based on the orchestral works of the French composer Claude Debussy. Many long passages are minimalist and understated, still Jenssen manages to display a rich palette of sonic colours. The album is loosely based on excerpts of various Debussy pieces. Shenzhou draws more on Eastern and Asian influences.
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