Dreams & Whispers [Color Vinyl]

Bartosz Kruczynski - Dreams & Whispers [Color Vinyl]

Color vinyl version. Balmat has always been careful not to call itself an ambient label. But with this release, Balmat turns its ears — proudly, blissfully — to a strain of ambient at its most timeless. The appropriately titled Dreams & Whispers comes from Warsaw's Bartosz Kruczyński, who has recorded under a number of guises, Earth Trax, as well as his own name. Across 14 stripped-down tracks for shimmer and pulse, Kruczyński evokes overlapping styles in ambient — warm vibraphones, taut arps, massing strings, lonesome delay chains — but always with his own twist. Fitting the album's title, the album is loosely divided into two distinct moods: The A-side, "Dreams," is charged with subtle movement, while the B-side, "Whispers," plunges into a zone of shadows and hush.

Track Listing:
A1. Dream I
A2. Dream II
A3. Dream III
A4. Dream IV
A5. Dream V
A6. Dream VI
A7. Dream VII
B1. Whisper I
B2. Whisper II
B3. Whisper III
B4. Whisper IV
B5. Whisper V
B6. Whisper VI
B7. Whisper VII