Circular 'Substans' (Ultimae Records)

Deep spacey ambient music. Bjarte Andreassen and Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik from Norway are Circular and their sound makes you dive deep into ambient: Chilly sounds and melodies of engrossed elegance create a haunting yet still wonderfully relaxing atmosphere. With each minute passing, the music becomes an even more massive trip inwards, sucking you in for its whole run time of nearly one hour. Ultimae is known for their quality in selecting the finest ambient, psy/chill out music and this time they are taking us on another magic musical journey as only they can. '[ Substans ]' unfolds itself with an imaginative travelling trough the sounds of psychedelic chill out music, is filling you with warm emotions and positive energy and creates a feeling of huge dimensions. For ambient and chill out lovers this is definitely one of the must have releases of the year! (liese)

Release press text: 'Substans' unfolds as a collection of micro ambient tales journeys into intricate and multi-layered soundscapes. With previous releases on Origo Sound and Beatservice Records, Norwegian duo Circular signs here a strong and highly anticipated fourth album.

The band thought this album as a sonic line tangent to realms as opposite as floating atmospherica and industrial clunks; a deep kaleidoscopic glide through reverberated guitar riffs, uplifting grooves and environmental ambient. Ardent Isdn enthusiasts will notice the impression Future Sound Of London's avant-garde electronica left on Bjarte Andreassen and Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik.

Indeed the band claims influences as diverse as Biosphere, Boards of Canada, Sun Electric and saw this album as one opportunity to acknowledge landmarks in their history of music encyclopaedia. Moreover, ( Substans ) reveals the work of a collective of photographers and designers. The artists joined by Christin Vaag, Torje BjellA s, A yvind Veberg and Christoffer Furnes reflected on the album echoes in the vast Scandinavian territories.