Cracks

Sound DNA

• Electronic
• Ambient & Downtempo

• sparse
• hypnotic
• cerebral

About

When Norwegian saxophonist Bendik Giske surfaced on the scene three years ago, he instantly fit in with Oslo’s Smalltown Supersound label. The label’s adventurous, polyglot roster, home to mavericks such as Supersilent and Deathprod, has a long history blurring the parameters of “ambient” and “jazz.” Giske’s 2019 debut album, Surrender, summoned an interiorized soundworld in which the sax, rather than a conveyor of melody, becomes a generator of fractalized sonic microbes that coalesce into mesmerizing shapes. That release established him as one of the label’s most fascinating artists. Giske’s approach has more in common with the otherworldly fever-dreamscapes of the .

via Last.fm

Tracklist

Credits