BJ Nilsen
Massif Trophies
Editions Mego
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2017
LP
14.99
eMego233V / Includes Download Code
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Tracklist
1Alpe Djouan 13:50
2Rough Grazing 4:14
3La Descente 3:27
4Eaux Rousses 11:40
5Camping Europa 10:05

BJ Nilsen is a composer and sound artist based in Amsterdam. His work primarily focuses on the sounds of nature and how they affect humans. Recent work has explored the urban acoustic realm and industrial geography in the Arctic region of Norway and Russia. His original scores and soundtracks have featured in theatre, dance performances and film.

Celebrating 27 years as a recording artist Massif Trophies is the first solo release for Editions Mego. In 2015 he set off on a month long hiking trip in Gran Paradiso to explore the acoustic environments in the alpine landscape. Drawn to the monotonous and physical effort that mountains and high altitudes contributes, this became one of the main inspirations for the album, reflecting upon the perception of the landscape during several hours of physical difficulty, let alone rapid weather changes, horizontal thunderstorms and rock avalanches. It is also about the scope of details and perception of the path and the myth of the mountain as the accursed or sacred place.

The five pieces contains narratives based on experiences and recordings from the trip.