Underwater Music - Extended Version

Artist: Magnus Lassila
Release Year: 2021

Description: Underwater Music – Digital Edition
Expanded release (2021)
Following the sold-out success of the cassette, this expanded digital edition includes longer versions of the original tracks and a few previously unreleased compositions — freed from the time constraints of tape, but still rooted in the same drifting sonic philosophy.
The underwater world remains the same, but this time, you're allowed to float longer, to sink deeper.

Original Artist Statement:

For these tracks I have tried to amalgamate two separate themes:
• Program music, to envision a certain event or series of events through music.
• Sound travels faster in denser materials like water, which affects properties like frequency response, doppler effect, and virtually nullifies natural echo.

How does music sound underwater? How do you depict events within or around water? The simple answer is — “I don’t know.” But I’ve tried to envision the muddiness of being submerged, and built these compositions around ideas like tide, wave motion, and deep currents.
This music tells stories, but also invites meditation. It may be best enjoyed while submerged yourself — ideally, during a bath.