Biosphere

Biosphere-Inland Delta-(BIO39)-24BIT-WEB-FLAC-2023-BABAS
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:55:20 minutes | 514 MB | Genre: Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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Biosphere – Inland Delta (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:20 minutes | 519 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Biophon Records (Norway)

Ambient legend Gier Jenssen goes back to basics on ‘Inland Delta’, improvising on an arsenal of reconditioned vintage synths and mimicking Vangelis, Tangerine Dream and Jean-Michel Jarre.

After masterminding richly conceptual records like 2016’s ‘Departed Glories’ and 2021’s ‘Angel’s Flight’, Jenssen revived his love of analog gear on May’s ‘Shortwave Memories’, using old preset-free synths to craft an ode to the early days of post-punk. ‘Inland Delta’ expands the reach; this time he’s used his vintage gear to evoke the kosmische era, mostly improvising and restraining himself with the processes his predecessors likely used. In this way, it feels slightly boxed-in. The tracks meander grandly but refuse to add much in the way of animation.

‘Delta Function’ splays brassy, sci-fi synths over a lolloping white noise pulse, ‘Franklin’s Dream’ is a moody droner that’s almost woken up by plasticky piano sounds, and ‘Brownian Motion’ is a passive, impromptu concoction that evolves over faint, electrified choirs. Fans of classic synth gear and the raft of secondary private-press reissues from labels like Trunk will no doubt find something to latch onto, but we have to admit – we were expecting a little more.

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Biosphere – N-Plants (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:10:12 minutes | 699 MB | Genre: Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Biophon Records (Norway)

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?”
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Biosphere – Angel’s Flight (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:39 minutes | 318 MB | Genre: Electronic
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © AD 93

AD 93 presents a collection of ambient masterpieces from the legendary Biosphere (Geir Jenssen). Having pioneered his style of “arctic ambient” music since emerging in the early 1990s, Jenssen lands on a new aesthetic for Angel’s Flight. Many of these recordings were originally composed for choreographer Ingun Bjørnsgaard’s contemporary dance performance ‘Uncoordinated Dog’ in 2019, compiled here to form an album of wintry beauty.
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Biosphere – Shortwave Memories (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 56:31 minutes | 580 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Biophon Records (Norway)

Geir Jenssen returns to vintage analog gear on new album ‘Shortwave Memories’, taking influence from Mute founder Daniel Miller and the early days of post-punk. Feather-lite and emotive synth-heavy electronix are the order of the day, highly recommended for fans of Dark Entries or Minimal Wave and mid 90’s electronic-a…
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