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library tapes

library tapes

About Me

booking/general enquiries:
[email protected]
north america booking enquiries:
[email protected]
discography:
albums:
2005 - alone in the bright lights of a shattered life (cd on resonant,
re-released 2007 on zankyo in japan)
2006 - feelings for something lost (cd on resonant)
2007 - höstluft (cd on make mine music)
ep:s/short albums:
2007 - sketches. (11 track cd-r in handmade package with different sketched artwork for every copy. only for sale through www.makeminemailorder.com and when playing live)
2008 - fragment (8 track cd on kning disk, to be released early 2008)
all albums available now at the make mine music mailorder:
www.makeminemailorder.com
you can also try the following shops:
www.boomkat.com
www.darla.com
www.smallfish.co.uk
www.piccadillyrecords.com
www.normanrecords.com
reviews of höstluft:
"This is beautiful stuff!! It's pretty much just piano and field recordings. Some of the field recordings are pretty far out there but they're punctuated by this gorgeous piano which takes you to a different plateau of sheer fantastic-ness. This is absolute genius and if you're a fan of Sylvain Chauveau, David Sylvian, Max Richter etc I can see no reason why you wouldn't want to be listening to this fantastic thing right now." www.normanrecords.com
"For those that love piano music this is really a must and for fans of good, beautiful music it's really something for you to listen to and thoroughly enjoy. Truly gorgeous.." www.smallfish.co.uk
"This record is definitely in the top of this genre, competing with Eluvium and Max Richter in terms of emotional depth." raven sings the blues
6 out of 6 gefle dagblad
9 out of 10 foxy digitalis
7,4 out of 10 pitchfork
4 out of 5 leonard's lair
4 out of 5 www.musique-chroniques.ch
4 out of 5 kniveparty
7,5 out of 10 www.ondarock.it
reviews of sketches:
"With "Sketches," it is great to hear Library Tapes explore new sonic territory and do it so well. Every new element presented on the disc enhances the base Library Tapes sound. What is most amazing is that pieces, like the "View From A Train" trilogy and others, are able to repeat sounds and motifs, yet remain consistently exciting and fresh thanks to their subtle and beautiful shifts. Really, with its overlapping structures, "Sketches" functions best as a single, long-form piece of music, where every movement can be appreciated side-by-side." 9 out of 10 foxy digitalis
7 out of 10 www.ondarock.it
mellan ljud och text video by emilie björk

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/3/2005
Band Website: virb.com/librarytapes
Band Members: david wenngren
with help from the following talented people:
per jardsell("alone in the bright lights of a shattered life" and "feelings for something lost")
colleen("feelings for something lost")
erik skodvin("feelings for something lost")
danny norbury("sketches" and "a summer beneath the trees")
peter broderick("fragment" and "a summer beneath the trees") sylvain chauveau("fragment")
Sounds Like: a silver mt. zion, peter broderick, sylvain chauveau, eluvium, philip glass, danny norbury, rachel's, max richter, erik satie, set fire to flames etc.
Record Label: make mine music, kning disk, zankyo, resonant
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

forestflies - structure/chaos out now

hello everyone. forestflies is a sideproject of mine and i've just released a new album on my own label auetic: forestflies - structure/chaos. 6 tracks, 32 minutes consisting of piano, strings, guita...
Posted by library tapes on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:09:00 PST

fragment and a summer beneath the trees info

the next full-lenght album "a summer beneath the trees" will be released in august on make mine music. the tracklist looks like this: 01 the sound of emptiness part 1 02 pieces of us were left o...
Posted by library tapes on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:32:00 PST

sketches 9 out of 10 review, le lendemain

"11 tracks of new material by Library Tapes, recorded by David Wenngren (piano, computer and field recordings) and Danny Norbury (cello and saw ). www.myspace.com/dannynorbury This release is a CDR wi...
Posted by library tapes on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:15:00 PST

limited number of the second album left! new releases with xeltrei and forestflies.

the two first albums that were released on resonant are now out of print but if you like to get a copy of the second one i've still got some copies left that you can buy here: www.makeminema...
Posted by library tapes on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:47:00 PST

pitchfork review

The Swedish duo Library Tapes has cultivated a music that seems surrounded by an ineradicable silence, even as felt hammers sound steel strings into the air. Their previous albums evoked Max Richter: ...
Posted by library tapes on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:37:00 PST

9 out of 10 review in foxy digitalis and 4 out of 5 review in leonard's lair

Library Tapes, aka David Wenngren, has recently proven himself to be a master of minimalism. The debut from his side project Xeltrei left me completely floored with its subtle mix of piano, electronic...
Posted by library tapes on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:36:00 PST

höstluft as a digital download at boomkat

hello everybody. höstluft is now up at bookat for £5,99 as a digital download here:http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=50567 if anyone wants to buy it. i'm back home from england after 4 lovely sh...
Posted by library tapes on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:33:00 PST

xeltrei 10 out of 10 review in foxy digitalis

"Truly, it is rare that an album can say everything it needs to say so subtly. "Litotes" is the perfect compliment to memories of days past with its dual senses of history and melancholy. It's a credi...
Posted by library tapes on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:43:00 PST

dutch interview for digg

hi everybody. i did an interview for digg.be that's up here: http://www.digg.be/articles.php?id=2008 xo david    ...
Posted by library tapes on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:22:00 PST

different songs on www.virb.com/librarytapes

hey everyone. i've uploaded some different songs than the ones that are up here on myspace from all the albums and from the upcoming ep on virb, so if anyone care to give them...
Posted by library tapes on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:12:00 PST