Elif Yalvaç - Mountains Become Stepping Stones
Artist: Elif Yalvaç
Rating: DECENT
Genres: Ambient,  Drone,  Microsound
Released: 2020
Type: Album
Label: NNA Tapes
Link: Bandcamp
On Mountains Become Stepping Stones (Elif Yalvaç’s first release with NNA Tapes), the electronic/ambient artist leads listeners on a transformational journey through outer landscapes and inner feelings. Inspired by her travels to Nordic countries far from home, especially by Iceland and Norway, Mountains Become Stepping Stones reflects the raw vitality of nature: its danger and intensity, as well as its beauty. The record also draws deeply on Yalvaç’s inner world, and it reflects her conscious choice to keep creating in difficult times such as these, despite challenging personal circumstances. Using a vast array of instruments, including electric guitars, synthesizers, and a Game Boy, as well as field recordings from Iceland, Yalvaç’s compositions embrace opposites: microsound glitches with slow intense builds; celestial beauty with abrasive energy....

released December 4, 2020
Editions:
2020 Original Release
NNA Tapes | NNA134 | Digital
01. Brocken Spectre (7:01)
  02. Under the Aurora 1 (4:19)
03. Painted in Pitch Black (5:12)
  04. Breaking My Rose Tinted Glasses (5:25)
  05. Huginn and Muninn (4:13)
  06. Black Sand Beach (5:36)
  07. Bifröst (1:58)
  08. Freak Box (7:07)
09. Mossy Moon (5:31)
  10. Under the Aurora 2 (4:21)
  11. Two Compartments (5:04)
  12. Kintsugi (5:28)