SPINE, by SØS Gunver Ryberg

SPINE

by SØS Gunver Ryberg

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1.	Unfolding 04:11	buy track
2.	Spine 08:25	buy track
3.	Sensuous sky 04:13	buy track
4.	Mirrored Madness 06:25	buy track
5.	We tumble on the edges 02:45	buy track
6.	Phosphorus cycle 07:34	buy track
7.	Desert bloom 04:06	buy track
8.	Where do we go from here 04:27	buy track
9.	Out of the Shadows 04:28	buy track
10.	Levitating Fluid 07:35	buy track

about

If we want to look into the future, we have to start considering the implications more holistically. All too often, science fiction is a dystopian projection of the current era's grimmest realities spiked with pragmatic historical hindsight - but what if instead it was able to reflect our needs, hopes, and dreams?

On "SPINE", award-winning Danish composer SØS Gunver Ryberg considers a sustainable alternative, buoyed by interconnectedness, empowerment, and understanding.

Channeling her dextrous sound design into advanced, time-bending music that fluctuates through techno, experimental ambient, and soundsystem-vibrating bass music, she maps out an artistic landscape that's futuristic and complex, but never oppressive.

"SPINE" is the inaugural release on Ryberg's own label Arterial, and stands as a thematically dense statement of intent. The label provides a platform to extend Ryberg's artistic goals and reflect not just her world but a world she wants to see develop in the future: somewhere connected and creative, where exploration and free expression is prioritized over genre division and petty compromise.

This philosophy is central to the sounds on "SPINE", which have been carefully sculpted to accurately lay out Ryberg's worldview. Opening track 'Unfolding' presents a sonic ecosystem that flourishes as it spreads itself out, and quivering kick drums vibrate alongside unstable atmospherics. There's the faint fingerprint of Chain Reaction's notional dub techno in there somewhere, but Ryberg interrupts the thought before it can coagulate, assuring the listener that her vision isn't ponderous but playful and optimistic. This mood flickers into view again on the title track 'Spine', as fragmented breaks rumble beneath disorienting synths, faint images of a life we once knew refracted into cosmic beams of light. 'Mirrored Madness' meanwhile is warm, assertive, and optimistic, contrasting skittering cybernetic percussion with dense, enveloping harmonies.

When she pushes rhythm into the background, like on the cinematic 'We tumble on the edges', Ryberg's compositional skill is placed under the microscope. We're presented with the opportunity to examine another dimension of her work, the mystery beneath the stone, hearing saturated, alluring pads infused with hidden harmonies. In these moments, Ryberg implores all of us to consider the environment, asking us to think about the earth's essential nutrients on the dreamy 'Phosphorus Cycle', and what we might do to save ourselves on the delirious 'Where do we go from here'. Ryberg's concern isn't chastising, it's laid out in a warm embrace. The future could still be bright - there's something beautiful in the complexity if you just take the time to look closely
Written by John Twells (they/them)

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ARTERIAL recordings

Arterial explores the visions in music and sound.
Arterial an artistic expression without compromise.
Arterial a place for expression beyond genres.
Arterial creates change through sound.
Arterial mirrors and predicts.
Arterial music moves and flows.
Arterial captures phases of intense creativity.
Arterial empowers difference as a combining force.
Arterial explores the entire range of possibilities.
Arterial reaches beyond material reality.
Arterial connects and entangles.
Arterial the music mesh of everything.

The music is a heart. Environmentally essential.

arterialrecordings.bandcamp.com

credits

released February 7, 2023

All tracks composed, produced and mixed by SØS Gunver Ryberg
Artwork by Ida Lissner
Graphics by NeverEngine Labs
Mastered by Joel Krozer at Six Bit Deep
Lacquer by The Exchange
With support from Koda’s Cultural Funds
Cat. No. ARTRL001 – All rights reserved
℗ & © ARTERIAL 2023

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SØS Gunver Ryberg Copenhagen, Denmark

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SØS Gunver Ryberg is an award-winning composer, sound artist and live performer known for her uncompromising intensity. She creates genre-defying electronic music, stage performances, sound installations, scores for video games, film etc.

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discography

SPINE

Feb 2023
Whities 030

May 2020
Entangled

Jun 2019
Cutterhead I EXIT : Soundtrack OST

Mar 2019
SOLFALD

Jun 2018
Dekmantel

Apr 2018
INSIDE

Jul 2016
AFTRYK

Jan 2016
Etude remix SGR

Dec 2016
Moved By Magnets

Jan 2016
THOTH

Oct 2016
Cirro Stratus

Aug 2014

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