NOVISAD
SELEYA

TOM13 | released: 14/08/2001 | CD
  via Anost (Europe)
  via SCD (USA)

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"Is 'true' ambient music supposed to have a calming, slightly delirious effect? Most ambient musicians strive for that halcyon goal, yet any music, really, is 'ambient' if it's playing in the damn background. Novisad's gentle pulsings and buzzings are no extreme departure from the genre as we know it, but as it drifts, you realize it's in constant churn rather than repose. This is Kristian Peters' second record, and first in 3 years (his first was made when he was 18, to give you an idea of his age now). As the record progresses, it moves out of icy electronic realms into one where the sounds of acoustic instruments (harps, banjos, guitars, piano, etc) are being diluted, dissolved, blurred, like when you throw water on a page filled with writing in ink. Incredibly mature for one so young, it actually starts out unremarkable and by the end of the 38 minutes you're completely impressed. "

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