Yes, this one was bound to show up eventually!
Although this is Thomas Koner's first official album, it isn't one of my favorites... Strange, isn't it? Well to be honest, I am not a fan of Mr Koner's total œuvre, as I seem to prefer a small cluster of his material from a specific time period. Not saying his other material isn't any "good" (quite the opposite!) but for the desired effect I go to in Thomas Koner's music, a handful of releases do the trick, and it is essentially what came after his debut album "Nunatak Gongamur", up until his "Zyklop" album. I am however not versed in his later works as finding decently priced Thomas Koner music is next to impossible, and so it renders enjoyment of his material quite limited. In any case, "Nunatak Gongamur", or "Ge-Nuuk-Nuuk" as an ex-friend and myself used to call it, features mostly very subtle and relaxing drone-like textures which were his main orientation up until "Zyklop", except for two or three piece which veer quite un-naturally into intense sonic bursts of uncharacteristically noisier portions. Essentially, "Ge-Nuuk-Nuuk" can lull you to sleep but will wake you up quite abruptly in a few key moments which makes this album a more difficult listening experience, unless some slight editing is done (and I myself have attempted to do said editing for fun but was never able to fully get a proper Lx Wheill remix of it). In any case, while "Ge-Nuuk-Nuuk" may not be his most formidable album, the actual cover is something to take it, as it does perfectly capture the general mood of his following records, such as "Teimo" and "Permafrost". Enjoy!
Although this is Thomas Koner's first official album, it isn't one of my favorites... Strange, isn't it? Well to be honest, I am not a fan of Mr Koner's total œuvre, as I seem to prefer a small cluster of his material from a specific time period. Not saying his other material isn't any "good" (quite the opposite!) but for the desired effect I go to in Thomas Koner's music, a handful of releases do the trick, and it is essentially what came after his debut album "Nunatak Gongamur", up until his "Zyklop" album. I am however not versed in his later works as finding decently priced Thomas Koner music is next to impossible, and so it renders enjoyment of his material quite limited. In any case, "Nunatak Gongamur", or "Ge-Nuuk-Nuuk" as an ex-friend and myself used to call it, features mostly very subtle and relaxing drone-like textures which were his main orientation up until "Zyklop", except for two or three piece which veer quite un-naturally into intense sonic bursts of uncharacteristically noisier portions. Essentially, "Ge-Nuuk-Nuuk" can lull you to sleep but will wake you up quite abruptly in a few key moments which makes this album a more difficult listening experience, unless some slight editing is done (and I myself have attempted to do said editing for fun but was never able to fully get a proper Lx Wheill remix of it). In any case, while "Ge-Nuuk-Nuuk" may not be his most formidable album, the actual cover is something to take it, as it does perfectly capture the general mood of his following records, such as "Teimo" and "Permafrost". Enjoy!
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