In the pre-dawn hours, lakes can be still with a glassy calm. As the sun rises a mist starts to lift. Traces of fragmented vocals sometimes percolate to the top. The looping ambient rhythms that lay just beneath the surface shift and swell as bubbling pulses slowly pound through the quietest din. This is From Here We Go Sublime.

From Here We Go Sublime is the debut full-length from Swedish producer Axel Willner as The Field. It is full of atmospheric minimal techno that is mesmerizing, meditative, and nearly lulled me into rear-ending the car in front of me on my way home today. The bass drum thumps like a newborn’s heartbeat and breathes life into what might otherwise be an exercise in icy droning minimalism.

Instead of stale and repetitive 4/4 beats, Willner manages to create music that is both subtle and vibrant. Music that works on the dance floor but just as well (and maybe better) as a chill-out soundtrack in your living room. The Field’s From Here We Go Sublime is out now on Cologne’s Kompakt label.

MP3 | The Field – A Paw In My Face From Here We Go Sublime
MP3 | The Field – Everday From Here We Go Sublime

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