Never standing still, always on the move: since he produces new material almost every year, Geir Jenssen, who has been releasing music under the pseudonym Biosphere since 1991, could literally sing a song about that (without the vocals, of course). While previous albums were influenced by late seventies post-punk or compositions by Beethoven, »Inland Delta« sees Biosphere return to the dreamy realms of the classic ambient genre. Field recordings such as those made by Cho Oyu in the Himalayas, which the Norwegian climbed in 2001 and later set to music, are not to be found on this album. This time, Jenssen’s fascination with nature is to be found in higher realms. The nine tracks, some of which were improvised on restored vintage keyboards, circle somewhere in orbit, causing stars to burn out and new galaxies to form. It is only logical to present these synthetic sounds in an extraordinary location like a planetarium, because the galactic sounds on »Inland Delta« are too far out there for the ordinary stage and or, God forbid, the living room. Jenssen was inspired by Jules Verne’s novel »From the Earth to the Moon« once before, and used individual samples from the radio play adaptation. This time the album demonstrates its own soundtrack qualities for the next science fiction film. The only question that remains is whether the cover will feature a mountain range or the cratered surface of a planet.
Inland Delta
