NYのレーベルQuiet TimeからリリースされたUlla Strausの「Big Room」をよく聴いている。マスタリングはJesse Osborne-Lanthierが担当。Quiet Timeはx.y.r.やKareem Lotfyなどここ数年のアンビエントのシーンにおける役者を招聘しており、昨年、Huerco S.が主宰を務めるWest MineralからリリースしたPontiac Streatorとのスプリットで名を挙げた感のあるUlla Strausがここに並ぶのも旬という意味で抜群な人選だと思う。
Ulla’s productions reveal a discerning process of stripping tracks to their essence, letting space, silence, simplicity and repetition be her guide. She lends a magic touch to a difficult and minimal style of music, creating an album that is comforting and tranquil, yet hypnotizing and transportive. Most evidently, UIla’s music is inspired, by emotions and experiences unknown to us, but perhaps best represented in her own words:
“keeping pictures on a wall left there by someone else.
day dreaming about something not real.
hearing a friend walk through the front door.
letting a plant die.
the silence of a room when the box fan is turned off."