Biosphere-Dropsonde LP (reissue) (3x12"LP)
$37.00
Label: Biophon Records
Listen: Link
Year (release): 2020
Genre, primary: Dark ambient
Genre, secondary: Experimental electronica
Catalog number: BIO33LP
Country of origin: Norway
Dropsonde was originally released by Touch (UK) in 2006. This is a reissue with seven previously unreleased recordings. Dropsonde' isn't a soundtrack like the interwoven 'Substrata' nor an episodic journey in the way that 'Autour de la Lune' is. Here Geir Jenssen is pushing new directions towards the jazz colours of Miles Davis and Jon Hassell, whilst re-invigorating the pulse and projection of his signature sound: a hypnotic combination of pleasure and dread.
Widely regarded as one of Norwegian electronic music's most important artists, Biosphere's Geir Jenssen career spans nearly two decades, several albums, lots of remixes, various sound installations, commissions, soundtracks and even the odd Himalayan summit. You may recognise his work without knowing it, so frequently does it crop up on TV trailers and idents. In the early 1990s he was a pioneer of so-called 'Ambient Techno', but since then, he has refined his sound into something more magnetic and enduring.