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Field is the brainchild of Swedish producer Axel Willner who debuted with the
singles Things Keep Fallin' Down (2005) and Sun & Ice (2006).
From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt, 2007) was a milestone for
bliss-oriented samples-heavy
minimal techno music. The beats are as un-inventive as it gets,
but that only shifts the emphasis on the melodies and on the way they are
constructed and deconstructed. The hypnotic, trance-inducing effect is akin
to Robert Miles' decade-old
Children, once processed through the digital revolution.
The similarity is more evident in the pieces that tamper with
the traditional role of melody,
whether playing hide and seek with the listener
(the tune that appears and disappears in A Paw In My Face)
or thumbing his nose at her
(the swirling motif of Silent).
The melody is completely dissolved in the dense, reverberating filigree
of The Deal, the most haunting track here.
The processing and reprocessing evokes the methods of post-rock in
Mobilia.
There is basically only one piece in which Willner simply bombards the listener with heavy beats: Good Things End.
When it works the music is almost melodramatic despite
the fact that it is "micro" and not "macro" in nature (attention to details,
minimum effort, narrow frequency range).
However, Willner can also be upbeat
(the ascending and descending ripples and bobbling texture of The Little Heart Beats So Fast)
and even ecstatic
(the floating clusters and expanding vibrations of Sun And Ice).
The danger, of course, is that the artist may be tempted to rely more on
the loops than on his own inspiration...
Yesterday And Today (Anti, 2009) is Willner's second studio album, and features John Stanier (ex-Helmet, Battles) on drums.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Giuseppe Leone)
Field è un progetto del produttore svedese Axel Willner che aveva debuttato con i singoli Things Keep Fallin' Down (2005) e Sun & Ice (2006). From Here We Go Sublime (Kompakt, 2007) è una pietra miliare per la techno music minimale bliss-oriented. I beat sono banali come è solito del genere, ma ciò sposta l’attenzione sulle melodie e sul modo in cui sono costruite e smontate.
L’effetto ipnotico è affine a Children del decennio scorso di Robert Miles, una volta trattata con la rivoluzione digitale. Quando funziona (The Deal(10 minuti), The Little Heart Beats So Fast, Mobilia, From Here We Go Sublime), la musica è quasi melodrammatica nonostante il fatto che essa è in natura "micro" e non "macro" (attenzione ai dettagli, minimo sforzo, la scarsa estensione di frequenza)
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