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Memories of Log

by Perila & Ulla

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Joe Borreson
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Joe Borreson Falling Water Lullaby is such a deeply immersive and sumptuous track that I could hear on repeat for hours on end and was worth the price of admission alone. Excellent EP from these two. Once again quality over quantity with this label and its impeccably curated releases. Favorite track: Falling Water Lullaby.
Julien Gracq
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Julien Gracq Ulla, Ulla, Ulla... You have me entranced. Favorite track: Falling Water Lullaby.
Gregory Bruccoleri
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Gregory Bruccoleri I love this EP but when on repeat I always default to "Falling Water Lullaby". What a great song! Would love to have this on vinyl as I missed the initial release. Favorite track: Falling Water Lullaby.
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Functioning as a companion release to 7.37/2.11, the A side from Memories of Log consists of two pieces Perila composed together with fellow friend and artist Ulla during the same period that the 7.37/2.11 LP took form. While on the B side, Ulla showcases an emotive and sub-heavy solo piece for the ages.


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Ambient space dust from Perila & Ulla, yielding gems referencing their ‘LOG ET3RNAL’ album of 2020.

With two of contemporary ambient’s most keenly observed operators on hand, the results are reliably sublime and blessed with a sort of gauzy, daydream appeal familiar to their respective aesthetics. It’s a real pleasure to spend time with these three cuts, oozing with warmth and a rustling pathos from the tender pads and recorded domesticity in ‘Every Something Is an Echo of Nothing’, to more frayed, Jelinekian textures and baubled chords in ‘Room to Room’, before Ulla wanders off solo into the slumbering, pillowy subbass and inner city sferics of ‘Falling Water Lullaby.’

-Boomkat

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Perila and Ulla are undeniably the First Ladies of modern ambient, having spearheaded a new textured complexity in the genre. Using advances in sound design and recording they create songs from the murky to the sublime, layered with ASMR-type mutterings and whimsical snippets of field recordings, both as solo artists and collaborators.

Much of Perila’s output references memories and subtleties of life such as ‘i had a dream i don’t remember’ and ‘message from another table.’ She first came to my attention with her fantastic album on Manchester based Sferic, 'Irer Dent'. Her output is often a little unsettling, yet with a certain fragility, as if the songs might snap at any moment.

Ulla formerly known as Ulla Straus is the same but different, known for her glacial guitar-based soundscapes, punctuated with delicate sound collage and fleeting ASMR murmurings. In 2019, Ulla’s collaborations with Pontiac Streator on West Mineral brought her into the public eye. Further ties with New York based label Motion Ward saw the release of an album ‘Limited Frame’ this year.

Perila and Ulla’s last collaborative EP was 2020's 'LOG ET3RNAL' and judging by the title, 'Memories of Log' is possibly the offcuts and reminisce on the former.

Starting in true Perila/Ulla style with scratching over the surface of a sublime melody, ‘Every Something is an Echo of Nothing’ begins, ever so slightly unnerving. Then the song stops. And starts. And stops again, each time the overlying organic sounds disappear, as the melody comes back in, stronger.

This odd use of staccato (if we can call it that) actually occurs often enough to make me check the headphones a few times to see if they’ve broken. They’ve not. They say silence speaks louder than [words]. Looking at the title of the song, it all becomes clear. We’ve got somethings, and nothings.

Head onto the second track via glitchy ASMR akin to what I can only describe as an otherworldly being moving from room to room. Imagine it searching, crackling, heading in and fumbling through the contents, only to forget the reason for its visit. Accompanied by a broken piano clunking in the background: an unlikely duet of protagonist and environment. The protagonist being the alien-esque mumblings, the environment as the clunky keyboard moving from one phase to the next, moving in unison from ‘Room to Room.’

“Relax...” say the sub-heavy synths as they guide us to the finale on the flip-side. The subs creep down the dark, winding road with twinkling overtures as headlights. It’s all about enjoying the journey with Ulla’s solo closing track, which fades out to a blinking finale to see off the never-ending trip.

Taking into account the title ‘Falling Water Lullaby,’ it’s likely that the artist interpreted the song as a waterfall with sparkling droplets, heading downstream. Give it a go yourself. Maybe we’ll have a vote; falling water vs nighttime drive?

An EP which stays true to its former incarnation of 'LOG ET3RNAL', relaxing upon a first listen and becoming more complex with every subsequent outing. Recommended to put on as a loop, as background music or for contemplating deep life choices.

- Kim Kahan, Inverted Audio

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released October 15, 2021

Compiled & Designed by O.R

Mastered by Ian Hawgood

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