The Slanted City Self Titled Debut Reviewed at Music Won’t Save You
“Electro-acoustic composer Erik Nilsson reveals an unprecedented songwriting profile in the new project The Slanted City. The homonymous debut consists of nine songs that combine elegant melodic writing with oblique synthetic lines. The Swedish artist’s...Erik Nilsson “The Imperfect Tense” Reviewed at EtherReal
[Translated from the original French via Google] “Hearing Thing , published in 2015, had really interested us; it is therefore quite confident that we immersed ourselves in this new album by Erik Nilsson , to note that the Swede is again strong cross real...Erik Nilsson “The Imperfect Tense” Reviewed at Music Will Not Save You
On the third album, Erik Nilsson offers a new essay of his curious electro-acoustic experiments; continuing the elliptical parable of the previous “Hearing Things” (2015), in “The Imperfect Tense” the Swedish artist takes his look to embrace seven enigmatic soundscapes, fruit of the creative intersection between harmonic fragments and sound landscapes soaked in melancholy kinematics.
Erik Nilsson “The Imperfect Tense” Reviewed at Global Music Magazine
Well, after years of maturity and development, he has found his sound made up of elements of folk, jazz, classical and contemporary experimental music. However, what Erik Nilsson is doing here is quite unusual. For example, Brian Eno is sure or Daniel Lanois similar music made him, but carries Nilsson’s new album “The Imperfect Tense” a very personal touch.
On the one hand, his music is minimalistic, on the other hand, there is still a lot in it. It looks transparent, but is composed of several layers and contains a lot of movement. The acoustic instruments used, such as the piano or the guitar, fuse with electronic sounds, yet an analogous impression remains. The sounds are flowing and at the same time the music is pulsing almost continuously.