Exit Ghosts by Tomas Nordmark

Tomas Nordmark’s music operates on multiple, equally thrilling planes. Having cultivated a deep appreciation for conceptual art and the phase-shifting minimalism pioneered by the downtown avant-garde community of NYC in the ‘60s, Nordmark set out to blend that with his pop-oriented upbringing and unique perspective on electronic music. The Swedish-born, London-based composer's new album pulses with an unrelenting energy, waving and cresting around ambient tension and gorgeously realized melodies.

Exit Ghosts is partly influenced by the history of film scores and the aesthetics carried by that tradition. As an instrumental album, Nordmark is tasked with conjuring emotions without words, and the way he utilizes specific cues mirrors the process of film scores, in addition to the work of seminal composers such as Tim Hecker, Arthur Russell, and Jóhann Jóhannsson.

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“Human,” an electronic instrumental by the Swedish composer Tomas Nordmark, has a meditative, nearly ambient foundation: sustained, consonant tones like distant horns. But the foreground is jittery, full of unpredictable, glassy tones that briefly hover, then disappear. Mood: inscrutable." - Jon Pareles / The New York Times

"For an abundance of textures, check out Eternal Words by the Swedish-born, London-based composer Tomas Nordmark. Each track is a heavenly, palate-cleansing series of minty-fresh synthesised drones and bleeps that manage to tell stories that resolve without even hinting at melody." - The Guardian

"...celebrates electronic music’s potential to use just a handful of elements to create dense, thought-provoking art.: - Bandcamp / Album of the Day (Eternal Words)

Tomas Nordmark, born 1982 in Västervik, is a Swedish artist and composer living and working in London, United Kingdom. His compositions and works have been featured in opera, public installations, film, theatre plays and in exhibitions. Engaging in artistic research, Nordmark’s projects are investigations in the humanities, the natural and the unknown.

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