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Aarktica was conceived in the winter of 1998 when sole member Jon DeRosa’s permanently lost his hearing in his right ear. As his hearing loss became less of a distraction and more of a new way of listening, Aarktica became a means to execute the soundtrack of the life in mono he now faced; one of audio distortions, aural hallucinations and a reliance on painkillers. The first album No Solace in Sleep (Silber Records, 2000) was a series of minimal guitar and tape compositions, glacially paced and effected, recorded on a 4-track cassette recorder in various NYU dorm rooms.
This release echoed across the Atlantic, and Aarktica soon released the Morning One EP on Ochre Records (UK) in 2001, gaining accolades and airplay from the venerable John Peel.
Soon after, Aarktica released Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway, Bliss Out v.18 (Darla Records, 2002) and Pure Tone Audiometry (Silber Records, 2003). These releases combine lo-fi electro, noise and shoegaze with the ambient textures of modern composers like Morton Feldman and Ingram Marshall, defining Aarktica’s innovative drone pop hybrid. These were also the first Aarktica albums to feature guest musicians to realize DeRosa’s ultimate goal: to create drones and textures from the timbres of instruments, not solely from reverb units and delay pedals.
It was also during this time that DeRosa began his classical Indian vocal studies with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela.
This release echoed across the Atlantic, and Aarktica soon released the Morning One EP on Ochre Records (UK) in 2001, gaining accolades and airplay from the venerable John Peel.
Soon after, Aarktica released Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life and Be Happy Anyway, Bliss Out v.18 (Darla Records, 2002) and Pure Tone Audiometry (Silber Records, 2003). These releases combine lo-fi electro, noise and shoegaze with the ambient textures of modern composers like Morton Feldman and Ingram Marshall, defining Aarktica’s innovative drone pop hybrid. These were also the first Aarktica albums to feature guest musicians to realize DeRosa’s ultimate goal: to create drones and textures from the timbres of instruments, not solely from reverb units and delay pedals.
It was also during this time that DeRosa began his classical Indian vocal studies with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela.
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No Solace in Sleep
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Berniethomas68 wrote:
Just found out about this band - liked em - right from the start and at the beginning
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Dark_Iced wrote:
Geniuses...
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Antihumans wrote:
In Sea
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molly_quin wrote:
Beautiful music.
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fullsource wrote:
In Sea is great. The two songs with vocals really bring the album from a great ambient record to classic indie album. Top stuff. Glad I picked it up last year. Definitely my favorite Aarktica album.
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EraserKid wrote:
IN Sea is good except the parts with singing.. bleh.
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Silpheone wrote:
бляяяя... бля-бляяя..... бля-бля-бля-бля...... Ice разрывает меня ностальгией по холодной зиме-2008... %| пздц
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Elmonozombie wrote:
Indie and Elena are that kind of song that feels like a lost town or a nigth in a car
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icelandier wrote:
need.............moar..........Aarktica....
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TheSadMountain wrote:
I enjoy those tones and chords so much. Reverb and delay are amongst the best things to hear from a guitar.
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EpicMarc wrote:
Hollow Earth Theory, repeat again and again.
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abipolarunity wrote:
In Sea is great!
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JonAarktica wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm on Facebook quite a lot. Join Aarktica: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aarktica/112085487476?ref=search&sid=611523358.731151429..1 Best, Jon
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caroosyrup wrote:
beautiful!!!!!!!!
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BUD2THECHUD wrote:
Wow! Another great one for 2009. No surprise. Jon's past output has been excellent. This one sounds like a nice mix of all his past works. It's nice to hear him getting back into the ambient territory of his earlier releases and throwing in some vocal tracks for good measure. There's a little bit of everything on this album. A nice follow up to "Matchless Years".
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JonAarktica wrote:
AARKTICA - In Sea remixes limited CD Release: 9 Feb 2010 Pre-order now at Silber Records (www.silbermedia.com) or Darla Records (www.darla.com). Or email me directly to order from me (aarktica@gmail.com). Artists remix Aarktica's 2009 release IN SEa, including: Ramses III, Landing, ThisQuietArmy, Mason Jones, Keith Canisus (Rumskib), Yellow6, Declining Winter (Hood), Suckers, Remora, and Summer Cats. CD limited to 500 hand-numbered copies with art packaging. Remixes: 1. I Am (The Ice) - Rameses III (UK) 2. LYMZ - Slicnaton (US) 3. Hollow Earth Theory - Summer Cats AU) 4. A Plague of Frost (In The Guise of Diamonds) - Al Qaeda (US) 5. In Sea - Mason Jones (US) 6. Onward! - Yellow6 (UK) 7. Young Light - Planar (US) 8. Autumnal - Keith Canisius (DEN) 9. Corpse Reviver No. 2 - ThisQuietArmy (CAN) 10. Instill - Remora (US) 11. When We're Ghosts - James Duncan (US) 12. Am I Demon? - Declining Winter (UK) Bonus Remixes 13. Am I Demon? - Pan/Suckers (US) 14. Am I Demon? - Landing (US)
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interhole wrote:
dunno, with the new album it almost feels like the unique aarktica sound is gone... and 12 songs in ONE aarktica album ..? that cant be a good sign... most of the songs sound so similar to many other ambient/drone artist out there, sad... but still great songs tho.
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listentoSCQ wrote:
New Aarktica album 'In Sea' is beautiful. Read album review here: http://theskeletoncrewquarterly.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-sea-aarktica.html
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Silpheone wrote:
less voice, more noise) so, beautiful album. waiting for remixes :)
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16N0R4N7 wrote:
In Sea is awesome. Best Ambient album in this year probably.
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