Name: There Must be Someone
Brand: Tor Lundvall

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DAIS203CD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-01-27

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Standard:20

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0683950555921

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5 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Tor Lundvall

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Electronic

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Dais

Dais Records is an independent American record label founded by Gibby Miller and Ryan Martin in 2007. Based in Los Angeles, California and New York, New York, Dais Records operates as a genre-agnostic label with a focus on experimental and avant-garde music. The label represents both emerging and established active artists while also curating rare and out of print material for reissue projects. Dais Records exclusively distributes its releases through Secretly Distribution.

Tor Lundvall is an American painter and musician, born in 1968 in Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA. He is known for his atmospheric and haunting soundscapes that blend elements of ambient, darkwave, and experimental music. Lundvall's music has been compared to artists such as Kammarheit, Sleep Research Facility, and Northaunt.

With a career spanning over two decades, Lundvall has released numerous albums that have garnered critical acclaim within the ambient music community. His unique approach to composition combines delicate melodies with ethereal textures, creating immersive sonic landscapes that transport listeners to otherworldly realms.

In addition to his musical endeavors, Lundvall is also an accomplished visual artist. His paintings often evoke a sense of mystery and nostalgia, capturing fleeting moments of beauty in everyday life. Drawing inspiration from nature and the human experience, his artwork complements his music by further immersing audiences into his introspective world.

To commemorate the quarter century anniversary of Tor Lundvall’s self-released debut, Passing Through Alone, Lundvall and Dais have joined forces for a fresh 5-CD box set of long out-of-print titles, vinyl-only releases, and unheard bonus tracks: There Must Be Someone. Spanning 33 years, the collection showcases the subtle but striking evolution of Lundvall’s sound, from brisk autumnal synth-pop to desolate dark place devotionals to fragile winter moon meditations and beyond. What remains constant is his exquisite sense of mood and movement, qualities reflected in his iconic oil paintings of willowy figures amidst luminous, liminal landscapes. The box set begins with Passing Through Alone, Lundvall’s first full-length, issued in 1997 on his Eternal Autumn Editions imprint. Engineered, mixed, and co-produced by his brother Kurt, and sold primarily at Lundvall’s gallery exhibitions, the album is an intriguing entryway to a world still dawning. Brooding and melancholic but distinctly more linear and melodic than later work, the songs flirt with the fringes of new romanticism, sketched in his signature palette of synth, sequencers, guitar, drum machines, and hushed, spectral voice. Next included is an expanded edition of the eclectic 2010 collection Ghost Years, an array of stray singles, alternate mixes, and compilation tracks dating between 1995 to 2020. It’s bracingly varied but effectively immersive, showcasing Lundvall’s sharpening gift for spatial dynamics and icy minimalism.

There Must be Someone

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