The irony in the title EMPTY CITY (40'20") by Tor Lundvall besets
its 12 brief tracks. As in a noirish fable or surrealistic nightmare,
Lundvall's sonic domain operates under strange rules. With
ominous grace he pares away the complexities of arrangement
until only the mechanics remain. During the more desolate
parts, this album wends its way on a fog of doubt and suspicion
- summoning imaginative variations of starless ambient music
from thoughts of vacant buildings and inactive streets. When the
mood strikes, a Rhodes piano colors in the sullen scene as its
warm tones work in opposition to the otherwise cold electronic
rumblings. Elsewhere, a whispered ghost voice turns a
minimalistic expanse of edificial scenery into a haunted
allegorical landscape. A few tracks on EMPTY CITY add some
rhythm to the symbolic narrative as pitched down shuffling drum
samples and drowsy ticks and clicks evoke the lost pulse of now
deserted avenues. In the span of just a few minutes these small
works conjure up a detailed, however shadowy atmosphere -
each speaking so as to imply something other.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from Tor
Lundvall's new album EMPTY CITY.

For more on EMPTY CITY, access: http://strangefortune.com

For more on Tor Lundvall, access: http://www.torlundvall.com

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Chuck van Zyl
Host of STAR'S END Ambient Radio
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