Release date: December 8, 2010
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""Bjørn Svin har udviklet sig fra at være klassens frække dreng til at være en mester inden for sit felt. En mester der har lavet et mesterværk. Hverken mere eller mindre." 6/6"
""Elektronikkens syntetiske og livgivende biotop. Browen er lig med wow. ..essensen af Browen er den fantastisk organiske plasticitet, som – sært nok – synes at udspringe fra Bjørn Svins mesterlige manipulation af syntetisk lyd." 5/6"
"Techno, dub (check the opening part of "mOmWree"), i.d.m., experimental influences blend very well giving to the listener an interesting and wide sound spectrum to explore."
- Maurizio Pustianaz/CHAIN DLK (IT)
"if you like your electronic stuff sparse, very roomy and tune free, then Svin’s your fella."
"In some respects, Browen sounds like little else in the contemporary electronic scene. It's as if the nine years Svin's spent not releasing new material has enabled him to wipe the slate clean (his last contribution to the Danish techno scene was 2001's Kan Tropisk), and bring a refreshingly new sensibility to the experimental electronic playing field. .. Svin's music may have dance rhythm roots, but the album finds him pushing his music far beyond it by recasting the genre's associated conventions in bold manner."
""Bjørn Svin når nye henrivende højder og dragende dybder på overrumplende ’Browen'" 5/6
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""Farverigt. Bjørn Svin skuffer ikke med sine avantgardistiske toner, der tager tilhøreren med ud på en musikalsk farverejse. Troldmanden Bjørn Svin skaber lydlandskaber, hvor de krøllede rytmer bliver kilet ind og drejet rundt i en forbløffende bred vifte af klange, der drejes og forskydes som gentagne omformuleringer i stedet for faste takter." 4/6"
"..auch in den ruhigen Momenten überzeugt: Dort hört man das spezielle Sirren der Svin’schen Schaltkreise am besten."
"Des traits rudes, des bleus mélancoliques des variations libres autour des collections solitaires, froides, transies d'une lumière glacée."
""Hvor den elektroniske musik lader hånt om musikalske konventioner, lader Bjørn Svin for sit eget vedkommende hånt om denne uafhængighed og bevæger sig ubesværet ind og ud af den... Bjørn Svin stiller på Browen store krav til lytteren, men det er værd at sidde igennem." 7/10"
""Med »Browen« lever Bjørn Svin omsider op til alle de forventninger, der er knyttet til ham. Her byder han nemlig ind med en filtret og fabelagtig musik, der ét øjeblik er sjælfuld, eftertænksom og organisk og det næste hikstende, energisk og plastichård med mindelser om Aphex Twin og Autechre... Det er ganske enkelt elektronisk musik på højt, højt internationalt niveau.." 5/6"
"For hver gennemlytning opstår nye kemiske forbindelser, og selv om Browen er en gennemsyntetisk og computerskabt sag, beskrives den i virkeligheden nok bedst som et organisk fatamorgana. ..Bjørn Svin er i den grad tilbage med Browen. Men man skal have god tid til at byde ham indenfor."
""Når albummet er bedst, lyder det vitterlig som at clubbe i underbevidstheden. ...fascinerende godt skruet sammen." 4/6"
""Bjoern Svin is a man with a story and many faces; with one foot he plays wild Techno, with the other he is one of the most interesting experimental electronica artists I know so far. He paints pictures with sounds, when you listen to his music you feel his thoughts, his moves, his eyes, and than you recognize that you are far away just listening to his music. Unbelievable!
Now in 2010 he five years after his last release “Inside Buddy” he returns with a new, let me say it right from the start, masterpiece called “Browen”.""
""...når det er bedst, og det er det tit, så er det simpelt hen dybt fascinerende og meget smukt."
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"Browen is hard to pin down, hard to explain, and hard to let go of once you’ve been sucked into the soundscapes’ luring depths."
""...die Kompositionen trachten mit ihren sehr verspielten Texturen nicht nur nach einem schwingenden Tanzbein..."
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- Raabenstein/DE:BUG
"it´s a calm, reflective record displaying a considerable inner peace"
"the craft he learned as a slave to the dancefloor has supplied him with a set of tools to brew something warm and wonderful. The music is all about digital perfection as programmed by a humane soul. 'Browen' breathes crisp suspense in a mind-wandering manner.."
This very limited white box contains the Bjørn Svin "Browen" album with unique artwork made by the Danish artist Peter Basse.
The box was done as part of an exhibition in October 2010, where Peter Basse did a series of 12 paintings inspired by the music from Browen.
The paintings have references to archtiecture, cubism, early industrialisation and futuristic masterpieces like Fritz Langs "Metropolis".
4 of the paintings have been reproduced as art posters and are included in the box.
Find out more about Peter Basse here: http://www.peterbasse.dk
There have only been made 60 white boxes, which are all hand numbered.
The box contains:
1 sticker on the front showing the 4 art posters inside the box + signature by Peter Basse.
4 high quality LP sized art posters (32 x 32 cm).
1 original Browen double vinyl (including the original cover).
1 original Browen promo CD (including the 3 bonus tracks Down The Hill, Lad Os Gå and A Whole Fucking Country).
1 sheet of thick carton with printing on both sides (32 x 32 cm), containing Peter Basses notes and sketches on the project.
