Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory – Elements of Light

The first material from Berlin's Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha Du Prince, since 2010's well-received Black Noise travels even further into the ethereal realms of downtempo, atmospheric electronica.

A collaboration with Norweigian musician Lars Peter Hagen, who assisted Weber in composing music for a three-tonne, 50-bell carillon, and a small army of percussionists and players including alumni of Jaga Jazzist, and a whole host of Norweigian session players, it uses subtle techno as a framing narrative for an exploration of the frequencies and sonic effects created by the array of bells.

Beginning with an understated, gently pulsing soundscape which builds slowly to a four-four pulse, Weber weaves together disparate elements of harmonic noise, field recordings, resonant echoes and gently-struck organic percussion to create a somnolent, undulating sonic tapestry -- ambitious in scope, but resolutely listenable.