Cirque [Reissue with bonus album]

by Biosphere

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Mamaxabras What an amazing collection of tracks. I love how each track seamlessly fades into the next one giving the impression that the whole album is one single thing. Favorite track: Algae & Fungi [Part 1].

Matty C. An amazing journey with immaculate pacing. I full on believe this is his best, or the very least, my favorite Favorite track: Iberia Eterea.

kpunkkid Love this track. It inspired me to watch Jupiter's Wife! Perfect for nighttime bus journeys. Favorite track: When I Leave.

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1.	Nook & Cranny 04:01	buy track
2.	Le Grand Dôme 05:40	buy track
3.	Grandiflora 00:45	buy track
4.	Black Lamb & Grey Falcon 05:08	buy track
5.	Miniature Rock Dwellers 00:55	buy track
6.	When I Leave 06:04	buy track
7.	Iberia Eterea 06:36	buy track
8.	Moistened & Dried 03:21	buy track
9.	Algae & Fungi [Part 1] 04:47	buy track
10.	Algae & Fungi [Part 2] 05:17	buy track
11.	Too Fragile To Walk On 04:51	buy track
12.	When I Leave [Finely Tuned Version] 06:45	buy track
13.	Algae & Fungi [Candelaria Version] 05:43	buy track
14.	Minuarta 08:01	buy track
15.	Hoodoo 08:42	buy track
16.	Slowly Etching 07:13	buy track
17.	B9 06:37	buy track

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Cirque - originally released in 2000 - was Biosphere´s first album for the UK label Touch. This new re-issue comes with a 6-track bonus album and new artwork.

Mojo (UK): Fourth full album from ambient pioneer. Coming to prominence with 1992's Microgravity - which along with the first couple of Aphex/Polygon Window CDs, defined the genre ambient - Geir Jenssen as Biosphere has made three of the '90s' best albums, culminating with last year's near beatless Substrata. The idea - as it always was thanks to Eno's On Land - is music as environment (reflecting, creating): working from his base in Tromso, Arctic Norway, Jenssen offers a polar, Apollonian exploration of the human psyche. Cirque is a perfectly constructed 47-minute sequence: cold clarity up against real depth of field, synth cycles dissolving into sudden moments of sonic revelation that sound like a waking dream - try the first 20 seconds of Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. (And if you think that's pretentious - your loss). Inspired by the story of a young American, Chris McCandless, who walked alone into the Alaskan wilderness and perished, Cirque balances the tightrope between warmth and unease, resolving into a moon melody that leaves you a peace. What a good record! [Jon Savage].

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released November 11, 2016

P+C 2016 Biophon Records.
Cat. no. BIO26.
All tracks written by Geir Jenssen.
All tracks published by Sony ATV, except track 14-17 published by Biophon Records.
Wings over High Plains. Photos by Geir Jenssen.
Designed by Joanna John.

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