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The Language of Mountains Is Rain

by Coen Oscar Polack & Herman Wilken

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Narrominded presents three new releases by Coen Oscar Polack. This exciting triptych takes you on a journey from a sultry nature reserve in the Dutch province of Utrecht to the rain soaked mountain slopes of Northeast India. These three cd's have in common that they are all based on field recordings. On The Language of Mountains Is Rain Polack, together with Herman Wilken (half of electronica duo Hydrus) works these recordings into a musical context. Geluiden uit De Blauwe Kamer is a recording of a performance/installation in a nature reserve and The Skipping Monk is a collage of recordings of nature and culture that Polack made in India.

For The Language of Mountains Is Rain Wilken and Polack made two long improvisations based on field recordings and custom-built software. They started working together after they were programmed to do a performance together at Amsterdam's Zaal 100. The result is an intriguing game of frequencies in which music and noise fight for higher ground.

Coen Oscar Polack is one of four people behind the Narrominded label. His musical career started in Psychon Troopers (later known as Psychon) and since 2002 he makes electronic music with Lars Meijer as Living Ornaments (with releases on Narrominded, Skam and Scarcelight). He performs regularly as a solo musician using field recordings, saxophone and electronics. In 2007 Narrominded released his first solo effort Psychic Investigations.

During his studies at the Sonology department of the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Herman Wilken started the group Hydrus together with his then-classmate Almer Lücke. He is a member of the post-rock group Fire Walk With Us. Narrominded released three Hydrus records: Split LP #2 (b/w Kettel), the EP Postcards and the wonderful album Interleaves.

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released June 13, 2009

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narrominded Amsterdam, Netherlands

Narrominded is a Dutch record label. Since 2000 we release music on vinyl, cd, Bandcamp and all
other digital platforms via our digital distributor The State 51 Conspiracy by bands like Katadreuffe,
Life Savings, Boutros Bubba and Fine China Superbone,
electro-acoustic artists like Spoelstra, Glice, and Coen Oscar Polack, and electronic artists like Garçon Taupe, Hunter Complex and Hydrus.
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