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Released: Jun 1, 2011
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  • Genre: Alternative / Electroacoustic

    Location Newcastle via Sheffield, Northeast, Un

    Profile Views: 47674

    Last Login: 1/19/2012

    Member Since 11/9/2005

    Website winternorthatlantic.com

    Record Label Boltfish / Giovanni Chrome Recordings

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Winter North Atlantic came out of a combined fascination with the history of commercial shipping, cartography and robotics, combined with a dodgy Moog and Juno 60 with a broken memory button.

  • Members

    Ed Carter, Ged Benedict Robinson (drums).

  • Influences

    Whichever piece of equipment is working on any given day.

  • Sounds Like

    ..Hip Hop Connection:.. "Beautifully plucked guitars, interesting drum patterns and a lightness of touch that comes as a total refreshment after listening to the Nelly single three times in a row with no brain response whatsoever. You could make a case for this being instrumental hip-hop a la RJD2 but it sways more towards the folktronica of Four Tet.".. .. The Wire:.. " ...despite the cartoon icescape on the cover, the album is packed with duvet-snug melodies. This is abstract electro pop sculpted as a space for reminiscing, the beats and layers a comfortable bed of memories... An album for headphone escapism, 'Dirty Work' glides on soft, smooth hi hats and finger snaps. Like Boards of Canada, the melodies have an abstract, dislocated sadness that slowly seduce you with their meandering grace. Luxurious and tranquil synth pads are packed with emotional detail, even when they do nothing more than sketch out brief circular contours. What's lost in dynamics is made up for in textures drenched in nostalgic overtones... Prefuse 73 is an obvious reference point for the cut up vocals, but this is miles away from the start-stop tendencies of Scott Herren's work. Vocals here are not brutally rewired, just teased and caressed... Towards the end of the album there's a brief, poignant monologue of an old timer remembering his generation's brand of dance music. It raises the question of Load Line's own relation to dance music, to which it owes all its devices, yet feels as far away from a dance floor as a science station at the North Pole. One imagines Ed Carter holed up in a cosy shack, reminiscing about old chillout albums with his synths and samples in a MIDI'd up conversation. But what these slow, elegaic melodies really mean to him always remains tantalisingly unstated." .. .. :::::::::::::::::::: .. .. .... ..Winter North Atlantic - A Memento for Dr Mori... £8-00 (cd only).. Click here to buy CD: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. :::::::::::::::::::: .. .. .... ..Winter North Atlantic - Mercator ep... £4-00 (cd only).. Click here to buy CD: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. :::::::::::::::::::: .. .. .... ..Winter North Atlantic - Load Line... £8-00 (lp or cd).. Click here to buy vinyl: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Click here to buy CD: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........

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  1. Winter North Atlantic

    That puts things on context! RT @Richbate: For @wna & @EvansPeterJ. Can monkeys make music with synthesizers? http://t.co/OO29kYSE

  2. Winter North Atlantic

    Gig tonight in Newcastle with @shift-static and @the_turing_test at the amazing Mining Inst building. Who's coming?

  3. Winter North Atlantic

    Having dredged the River Tyne, I now aim to programme an unplayable drumbeat so I can watch Ged's turmoil when we rehearse.

  4. Winter North Atlantic

    Brilliant night out making recordings as part of Chris Watson's #flowmill project - thanks @tomhigham @beth_bate

  5. Winter North Atlantic

    We're looking for string, brass and woodwind players. Please rt, and get in touch if you're interested.

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