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Paths to the Foss

by Ian Humberstone

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Drifting 02:29
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Let Us Go 03:29
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about

Paths to the Foss is a set of songs (and three instrumentals) that washed through Øvsthusfossen; a towering waterfall in Hardanger, Norway.

Most of the songs were written in 2012 when I worked on a farm a few miles away. Others are older, with two dating to my first visit to the area in 2005. I keep going back there for reasons that are not entirely clear to me.

The field recording that introduces the record is melting ice on the lake path to the foss. One morning, hundreds of thawing stalactites fell from a rocky overhang above and smashed at my feet, with the track ahead buried in mist.


Reviews:

'a beautiful, fragile thing, which feels more like some ancient artefact than something as tangible as a collection of songs' ★★★★
- The Skinny (album of the month)

'an ethereal album [...] this record, like the cliffs and pine forests of the falls which it idealises, rewards exploration' ★★★★★
- The List

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released December 12, 2016

Spooled at home between 2014 and 2016. Written, performed and produced by Ian Humberstone, with Malcolm Benzie (violin, 4, 7, 8), Steve Brett (clarinet, 1, 5, 8), Eva Klemensen (vocals, 5), Robin Spottiswoode (violin, 2), Rob St John (bass, 9) and Tom Western (drums, 2, 4, 5, 9). Each guest wrote their own parts. The lyrics to track 9 are a poem by Henry David Thoreau. Mastered by Alex Saltz at APS Mastering.

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Ian Humberstone Edinburgh, UK

Musician and writer based in Edinburgh. Recording sound to magnetic tape since 2005.

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