Huerco S. – For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)

Label: Proibito – PRB018
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Repress
Country: US
Released: Mar 9, 2018
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient, Experimental
Condition: Near Mint

The most tangible thing about ‘For Those Of You Who Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)‘ is its title. The latest release from Huerco S is ambient music in its purest, most unadulterated form, focused purely on tone and atmosphere. The title, a simple play on language, takes a lot of words to say precious little – simply reveling in language itself; the music does the opposite, taking precious little in the way of sounds to create something which seems to grow and evolve with each listen.

It comes across as a pointillist record. Elements of dance music, the twinkling arpeggio on ‘Cubist‘, or the filter saturated loop of ‘Kraanvogel‘, are present but vague, the faded memories of the morning after rather than the ear rattling dance floor itself. As simple loops play out, repeating and repeating, they blur and merge into each other until full images slowly start to appear. 

A1. A Sea Of Love
A2. Lifeblood (Naïve Melody)
B1. Hear Me Out
B2. Kraanvogel
B3. Untitled (Ending In A Loop/Locked Groove)
C1. On The Embankment
C2. Marked For Life
C3. Cubist Camouflage
D1. Promises Of Fertility
D2. The Sacred Dance