Silver Beach (Expanded Edition), by Erik Wøllo

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1.	A1- Four 05:38	buy track
2.	A2- Panorama 05:25	buy track
3.	A3- The Open Room 02:16	buy track
4.	A4- Journey 06:32	buy track
5.	B1- The Emeralds 05:12	buy track
6.	B2- Crystal-Ice 04:38	buy track
7.	B3- Dark Eyed Drums 06:35	buy track
8.	B4- Silver Beach 03:41	buy track
9.	C1- Little Big Tune 03:34	buy track
10.	C2- Recitation 04:09	buy track
11.	C3- Mountain Train 05:12	buy track
12.	C4- Aural Light 04:00	buy track
13.	C5- Chime 03:40	buy track
14.	D1- Sequenza 07:12	buy track
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17.	D4- The Wintergarden Ethereal 05:07	buy track

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Abst 018 - ERIK WOLLO “Silver Beach” 2021 Expanded Edition 2xLP

Erik Wøllo is a unique Norwegian musician that has been active since 1980, covering a wide range of styles but mostly known for his very personal take on electronic ambient music.

In Silver Beach, gentle rhythms hold center for lush beautiful melodies to unfold, manifesting a restrained elegance in the way the chords hover around this percolating heartbeat. The result is synthetic walkabout music, an album of simple yet vibrant sophistication, perfect for wandering around or sitting contemplating imaginary beautiful vistas with eyes closed. These seventeen stunning tracks create a sense of ceaseless motion without arrival, the pleasure of traveling without destination: walking on an outer limits beach.

An early electronic music masterpiece, it was made using the latest MIDI technology at that time. Everything was composed and recorded on the now vintage Roland MSQ700, and all the diverse synths and rack modules were mixed directly down to 2 track analog tape (no multitrack tape was used).

The original Silver Beach album was released on vinyl on the Norwegian label Cicada Records in 1986. In 1988 the album was released on CD (also Cicada) and included the additional and very rhythmical tracks “Little Big Tune” and “Mountain Train.” The album was also re-released on CD on the Spanish label Margen Records in 2005, remastered and fine-tuned with 5 additional previously unreleased tracks from the same era. These tunes just refuse to be forgotten, their glittering beauty having both an air of nostalgia, but also of validity, as they continue to haunt new ears. There's no doubt that this is a classic of European eighties electronic music composition, a polished artwork with the best aesthetic and emotional signifiers of its era.

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released February 28, 2021

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