Description
Format: CD
Catalogue No.: BIO6CD
Barcode: 7090029000627
Release Date: 27 Jan 2023
Genre: Ambient
01: Sendai – 1 – Biosphere
02: Shika – 1 – Biosphere
03: Joyo – Biosphere
04: Ikata – 1 – Biosphere
05: Monju – 1 – Biosphere
06: Genkai – 1 – Biosphere
07: Oi – 1 – Biosphere
08: Monju – 2 – Biosphere
09: Fujiko – Biosphere
10: Sendai-2 – Biosphere
11: Oma – Biosphere
12: Tokai – Biosphere
13: Monju-1 (Modified) – Biosphere
Early February 2011: Decided to make an album inspired by the Japanese post-war economic miracle. While searching for more information I found an old photo of the Mihama nuclear plant. The fact that this futuristic-looking plant was situated in such a beautiful spot so close to the sea made me curious. Are they safe when it comes to earthquakes and tsunamis? Further reading revealed that many of these plants are situated in earthquake-prone areas, some of them are even located next to shores that had been hit in the past by tsunamis. A photo of Mihama made me narrow down my focus only to Japanese nuclear plants. I wanted to make a soundtrack to some of them, concentrating on the architecture, design and localizations, but also questioning the potential radiation danger (a cooling system being destroyed by a landslide or earthquake, etc). As the head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said the plants were so well designed that “such a situation is practically impossible.” The album was finished on February 13th. On March 17th I received the following message from a FB friend: “Geir, some time ago you asked people for a photo of a Japanese nuclear powerplant. Is this going to be the sleeve of your new coming album? But more importantly: how did you actually predict the future?”
“N-Plants is a master craftsman’s reaffirmation of a fundamental but lapsed tenet of electronic ambient: You set up a conversation between the machines, and then you step out of the way.”
Brian Howe — Pitchfork
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