OMICRON

This could very well be the finest release from Breidablik, a truly wonderful one-man project out of Bergen, Norway headed by Morten Birkeland Nielsen. This time he gets help from Håkon Oftung of Jordsjø, Tusmørke, Black Magic, Elds Mark, etc. by providing guitar and flute. What get is Berlin school of electronic music but Morten amusingly calls what he does the Bergen School of Electronic Music due to his geographic location. Here you get lots of that lengthy droning synths like what you get out of Schulze and nice use of sequencers which are never fast paced. I really enjoy the guitar work Håkon gives us, that same nice emotional approach he gives us rather than how fast you play. This time around the album consists of two side length pieces, basically the title track divided in two parts like many of the Tangerine Dream albums like Rubycon or Tangram. Morton, once again captures the mood of the desolate far north of Norway reminding me of the rocky fjords and ice capped mountains. A truly wonderful album of electronic music worth your investigation.