Submers
{{Infobox album
| name = Submers
| type = studio
| artist = Loscil
| cover = Loscil-submers-album-cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2002|11|4}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Ambient techno
| length = {{Duration|m=60|s=42}}
| label = Kranky
| producer = Scott Morgan
| prev_title = Triple Point
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = First Narrows
| next_year = 2004
}}
Submers is an album by Canadian musician Scott Morgan under the alias of Loscil. It was released in 2002 by Kranky.
Production and style
Large portions of the music on Submers was from classical music that had been sampled and distorted by Morgan.{{cite web|url=http://www.kranky.net/artists/loscil.html|title=Loscil|publisher=Kranky|accessdate=May 21, 2015}} AllMusic described the sound on Submers as not being very different from than Morgan's previous album Triple Point, noting that the "only significant difference is the emphasis on waves of rhythm over thumps and pulses."
Each track on Submers is named after a submarine.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/submers-mw0000227426|publisher=AllMusic|title=Submers - Loscil|accessdate=May 21, 2015|last=Kellman|first=Andy}} These ranged from early submarines such as the Gymnote to the Russian submarine Kursk (K-141).
Release
Submers was released by Kranky via compact disc on November 4, 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/krank058.html|publisher=Kranky |accessdate=May 22, 2015|title=KRANK 058 - Loscil, "Submers"}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/submers-mw0000227426/releases|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=May 21, 2015|title=Submbers - Loscil - Release}} The album was reissued on vinyl for the first time on November 23, 2018 by Kranky.{{cite web|url=http://www.kranky.net/news.html|publisher=Kranky|accessdate=May 31, 2019|title=news|date=October 12, 2018}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = Exclaim!
|rev2score = (8/10){{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/2018-11-27-loscil-submers|work=Exclaim!|title=Loscil Submers|date=November 27, 2018|accessdate=May 31, 2019|last=Hayes|first=Byron}}
|rev3 = Pitchfork
}}
AllMusic gave the album four and a half stars out of five, stating that the album "tops Morgan's impressive debut and provides further proof that the field of ambient techno continues to have plenty to offer" Pitchfork Media gave the album an 8.0 rating out of a possible 10, noting that "the delicate touches are what really make it."{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4867-submers/|publisher=Pitchfork Media|accessdate=May 21, 2015|date=February 11, 2003|title=Loscil:Submers|last=Richardson|first=Mark}} Exclaim! praised the album for "spellbinding songs and creating a continuously absorbing record" and that "Submers resonates with remarkable elegance from its opening tones to its closing echoes"{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/loscil-submers|work=Exclaim!|title=Submers|date=December 1, 2002|accessdate=May 21, 2015|last=Nay|first=Rob}}
Reviewing the reissue in 2018, Rob Nay of Exclaim! noted that "These low end-heavy grooves sound perfectly aquatic on wax; kudos are in order for Kranky, who have polished up an already glistening gem for further appreciation."
Track listing
Credits
Credits adapted from the album's sleeve.{{cite AV media notes |title=Submers |others=Loscil |year=2002 |publisher=Kranky |id=KRANK 058 |chapter=[Back cover and inside sleeve of album]}}
- Scott Morgan – composer, producer, music
- Emplus Creative Solutions – cover design
See also
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