To follow up the release of their highly acclaimed album Choral, Mountains is please to present Etching. Before embarking on tour earlier this year, Mountains recorded Etching at band member Brendon Anderegg's studio in real time with no overdubs. The band then sold the music on that tour as a limited edition CD-R with hand-stamped sleeves. Now it is available as a limited edition vinyl version! Etching is limited to 1,000 copies and comes in a hand-stamped LP jacket. Included is   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2009! Double LP limited to 1,000 copies and includes two tracks not on the CD. Also includes free download coupon. A love of sculpting sound in front of an audience is at the heart of Mountains, who have been compared to Brian Eno and Fennesz. Mountains seamlessly blend pastoral electronic sounds with both field recordings and a plethora of acoustic instruments. The resulting soundscapes are rich in detail, hypnotic, and sublime. "Infinite sheets of grainy sound bui   [ read more ]

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Apestaartje co-founders Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp follow up their critically-acclaimed self-titled debut as Mountains with this second offering of slowly evolving sound. Recorded over several lengthy excursions outside the confines of the city in upstate New York and Connecticut, Sewn invokes a sense of ease and delicate precision. A beautiful combination of clean crisp texture and warm pulsating harmony that shows a group developing and expanding their sound with an extreme attention to det   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! A love of sculpting sound in front of an audience is at the heart of Mountains, who have been compared to Brian Eno and Fennesz. Mountains seamlessly blend pastoral electronic sounds with both field recordings and a plethora of acoustic instruments. The resulting soundscapes are rich in detail, hypnotic, and sublime. "Infinite sheets of grainy sound build and renew themselves to immensely pleasing effect" - Wire.

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Mountains is an ongoing collaboration between Apestaartje co-founders Brendon Anderegg and Koen Holtkamp. Having worked in parallel and often overlapping contexts within their respective solo projects (Aero & Anderegg), 'Mountains' was initially created as an outlet for live performance. After numerous performances they decided it was time to document the experience and this their debut album was born. Four lengthy pieces composed around acoustic instrumentation and field recordings gradually blend with sub   [ read more ]

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