Kobresia (7:12)

Cover of Substrata 2 (disc 1)

From Substrata 2 (disc 1) and 5 other releases

The voice does not belong to a Tarkovsky-movie, but to Karl Nikolajev, a Russian “biocommunicator” (telepath), that is sitting in a room, trying to “see” which object is lying on a table two floors up. The Radio Moscow-sequence I got from my own shortwaveradio.
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01:45 - Voice in Russian. English translation: It is either metal or … If it’s metal, it is painted… Cold surface. It is either metal (painted), or, maybe, plastic. Colored. There is… Bright. Looks like… Maybe, it’s a toy? The surface is smooth, but here are some projections. Finger sticks. Maybe it is… Some kind of dents… or… or it is letters… or just projections… Looks like a toy. Multicolored metal or plastic, painted metal. That’s it. Stop.
* - Karl Nikolajev: a “biocommunicator” who sits in a room trying to “see” what kind of object is placed on a table in a room two floors up.

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  • deft3

    magical, thank you to whoever posted the translation on here

    9 May 6:34pm Reply
  • Piligrimus

    ...Это либо металл, либо, если металл, то крашенный. Xолодная поверность. Это либо металл, крашенный, либо может быть пластмасса.... Цветной... там есть... и яркий. Похоже, может быть это игрушка. Поверхность... гладкая но есть вот какие-то выступы. Палец даже застревает может быть это.... какие-то насечки или .. или это буквы. ...или выступы просто. На игрушку похоже. Разноцветный металл или пластмасса. Крашенный металл. Вот все. Стоп.

    24 Mar 5:51pm Reply
  • MetalHeadCrab

    I love falling asleep to this song. Another song I like is Reflections in Suspension by Steve Roach. Get blazed and travel to other places.

    6 Mar 6:05am Reply
  • tomasztomaszek

    "The voice belongs to Karl Nikolajev, a Russian "biocommunicator"(telepathist)­, that is sitting in a room, trying to "see" which object is lying on a table two floors up."

    24 Feb 11:15am Reply
  • EvalCo

    So scary when you're high

    12 Feb 2:03pm Reply
  • Radioans

    Worthy of my 7000th scrobble.

    25 Dec 2012 Reply
  • TripRepetae

    Does anyone have a clue on the strings sample? Or is it Geir Jenssen's work?

    24 Nov 2012 Reply
  • superbounou

    The spacetime has no meaning when I'm listening to this song

    29 Oct 2012 Reply
  • solipsized

    huge thanks to whoever posted that translation.

    10 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Then_nehT

    one of the best ambient works!

    5 Sep 2012 Reply
  • Tranceroute

    best for me. exactly. masterpiece. // @Night_Driver, i like Wireless version for Geir`s play with low frequencies. it sounds very good in the begining of theme.

    31 Aug 2012 Reply
  • anjinus

    wonderful. mysterious.

    16 Jun 2012 Reply
  • romtyl

    relax more than from drugs

    4 May 2012 Reply
  • Ropethink

    I find this track excellent, especially the tunes by the harp instrument. It has a very yearning feel to it as it fades out and repeats.

    19 Apr 2012 Reply
  • Night_Driver

    Kobresia from Wireless sucks, some moron is ruining he atmosphere by coughing constantly.

    3 Apr 2012 Reply
  • Qrux

    Very cool. I had no idea what the voice over in the piece was saying. And I've been listening to this track for years. Thanks for posting. Now the track is even more mysterious. Awesome!

    3 Apr 2012 Reply
  • Claidheambmor

    I love the voice sample in this song, I've always imagined an icy snowscape such as Alaska, and an old, wrinkled man in thick furs speaking tentatively into a recorder. Perhaps as a journal entry for some doomed expedition. I sense such an air of melancholy, though this may be due to the overwhelmingly sombre nature of the music. Wonderful piece sonic art, still breathtaking no matter how many times I hear it.

    7 Dec 2011 Reply
  • RottenZombie

    perfect as it is, fuck off and die if you don't like something :D

    16 Nov 2011 Reply
  • jakobdorof

    voice samples ruin it. gross

    10 Nov 2011 Reply
  • Nipsky

    this repeating synthie string chord change in the backround is just otherwordly strange and beautiful...

    31 Aug 2011 Reply
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