Lars Bartkuhn Dystopia

• 1. Dystopia
• 2. A Drop Of Water In The Ocean
• 3. Largo (Calm Before The Storm)
• 4. Water And Warm Air
• 5. Disembodied Journey (Part 1, 2 & 3)
• 6. Still Existing
• 7. Do You Know How To Get Out?
• 8. Into The Waves

Lars Bartkuhn sonically portrays his recent relocation to Brazil on his latest ambient / new age LP Dystopia. It's an ironic title for sure, since it hardly sounds like what we'd usually imagine a dystopia to sound like. Perhaps the LP's making could shed some light on this paradox; Bartkuhn's first solo LP for almost nine years, it was born out of two interlinked ideas: a desire to create improvised music without the aid of computer sequencers or an electronic drum set, and a deeply held love of storytelling through sound. It's this revelling in imperfection which perhaps makes the album 'dystopic' - bits like 'Largo' and 'Do You Know How To Get Out' are beautifully rhythmic and driving, despite their apparent lack of computerisation going into the process. Sonically, it's aquatic, malleting, tactile, bubbly, serene.