The Eighteen Minute Gap, by Sonmi451

The Eighteen Minute Gap

by Sonmi451

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Juniperus Kaizuka Bernard’s idyllic sonic sculpting hits the mark on this beautiful release. The tasteful interplay of field recordings, melody and rhythm paint a cheerful and calm atmosphere that is absolutely sublime. A standout in both artist and label catalogs.

TheSlowMusicMovement So after a few days of sick leave it's time to get TSMM back into the music sharing game, and the new LP from the ever reliable Sonmi451 for the ever dependable laaps label, is the perfect palliative soundtrack. It's full of unworldly ambience, somehow sculpted from countless alien sound sources which have been synergised through obsessive sound design & lightness of touch & secured by tellurian electronic threads. A most welcome escape from the viral struggle.

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	1.	Down The Primrose Path 06:09
	2.	The Eighteen Minute Gap 07:00
	3.	Angelglow 05:57
	4.	A Taste For Vicarious Pleasure 05:19
	5.	White Horses On The Waves 06:05
	6.	A Nice Little Quandary 09:16
	7.	Painting The Lily 05:53
	8.	Micrografia 07:10
	9.	Hyperbole 06:25

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• NOTE:
03 Angelglow / 06 A Nice Little Quandary / 07 Painting The Lily /
are only on the CD/digital version.

LP tracklist:
A1 - Down The Primrose Path
A2 - The Eighteen Minute Gap
A3 - A Taste For Vicarious Pleasure
B1 - White Horses On The Waves
B2 - Micrografia
B3 - Hyperbole
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laaps 029
season : summer
duration(s) : 38.08 mn (LP) / 59.13 mn (CD)
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Since 2005, under the moniker Sonmi451 (a character from David Mitchell's novel "Cloud Atlas"), Bernard Zwijzen creating his own blend of minimal, soundscape-laden atmospheric electronics in Hasselt, Belgium.
He has been previously released on labels such as : U-Cover, Slaapwel Records, Time Released Sounds, Eilean Rec. and LAAPS. "The Eighteen Minute Gap" is his thirteenth releases.

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The Eighteen Minute Gap lets you embark on a mysterious journey into a world of ethereal ambient music, where beautiful and soothing listening experiences await. Using field recordings and manipulating textures and sounds, Sonmi451 creates minimal yet tantalizing soundscapes, filled with intimate whispering voices.
 
Sonmi451 uses various soft- and hardware synths and samplers to create a truly unique and immersive audio experience where one is captivated by mystery and intrigue and immersed in a world of mysterious sounds where boundaries between reality and imagination begin to blur.

sonmi451.bandcamp.com/music
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credits

released July 13, 2023

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All tracks written and produced by Bernard Zwijzen / Sonmi451.

 Equipment used:
Hardware synths: Moog Mother 32, Arturia Microfreak
Hardware samplers: Elektron Octatrack, Instruo Arbhar, Make Noise Morphagene.
Hardware effects: Hologram Microcosm, Happy Nerding FX
Software synths, samplers & effects: Various synths from Spitfire Audio, Applied Acoustics, Arturia and U-He; Samplers from Native instruments and Max MSP; Effects from Valhalla, Soundtoys and Sonosaurus

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Mastered by Taylor Deupree (12k)
Artwork by Maia Flore / Atout France (La Siesta, Argelès 2016)
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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