The North Water (Original Score)

by Tim Hecker

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uglyboy It has the disjointed essence of a film score, a lot of good tracks but not really cohesive. I still love everything you do tho dont get it twisted!! Favorite track: Seasick.

brian k pure bliss...

as per usual from the lad

Daniel Brown There is no artist that I can say that affects me more musically or emotionally than Tim Hecker. Having listened to his entire discography obsessively for years, there is almost always something new to pick up. The cascade of images and subtle elaborations he puts into the spaces is profound. I honestly do prefer The North Water over Konoyo and Anoyo. He is in my opinion the Dostoevsky of music, the seering hot scalpel dissecting the brain. There is no other parallel. There is only, Hecker. Favorite track: Twinkle In The Wasteland.

Aaron Ross Hansen This project couldn’t come at a more perfect time. Favorite track: A Breather.

kosmcade Parts remind me of Vangelis' work, while others combine parts of Konoyo/Anoyo and Virgins. Great work! Favorite track: Winter's Coming.

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“The score for The North Water was written just before and during the pandemic in 2020, mostly over arguably one of the darkest winters of some memory in Montreal,” says Hecker.

“The music was an attempt to add depth and texture to a five-hour doomed arctic journey that charts a trajectory from hardened optimism into abject futility. We worked with a primary palette of synthesizers, electronics, and treated cello, in rich live spaces as well as suffocating dead ones. This version of the score is an enhanced mix of some of the material that made its way into the project.”

Adapted from a novel of the same name – The North Water by Ian McGuire – it tells the story of a disgraced doctor who becomes a medic onboard an Arctic whaling ship.

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“The score for The North Water was written just before and during the pandemic in 2020, mostly over arguably one of the darkest winters of some memory in Montreal,” says Hecker.

“The music was an attempt to add depth and texture to a five-hour doomed arctic journey that charts a trajectory from hardened optimism into abject futility. We worked with a primary palette of synthesizers, electronics, and treated cello, in rich live spaces as well as suffocating dead ones. This version of the score is an enhanced mix of some of the material that made its way into the project.”

Adapted from a novel of the same name – The North Water by Ian McGuire – it tells the story of a disgraced doctor who becomes a medic onboard an Arctic whaling ship.

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1.	Seasick 04:40	buy track
2.	First On Deck 01:54	buy track
3.	Delirious Hunt 02:45	buy track
4.	Seasick II 01:57	buy track
5.	Left On The Ice 03:53	buy track
6.	Our First Whale 04:52	buy track
7.	Ice Row 01:50	buy track
8.	It's A Mistake To Think Too Much 02:40	buy track
9.	The Warmth Of Drax 03:25	buy track
10.	Winter's Coming 03:50	buy track
11.	Loot 02:34	buy track
12.	A Breather 02:24	buy track
13.	Seasick III 02:52	buy track
14.	Twinkle In The Wasteland 03:41	buy track
15.	Starting Over Again 02:35	buy track

credits

released September 9, 2021

Tim Hecker
Synths, Piano, Guitar, Electronics

Pietro Amato
Score Producer, Piano

Thomas Beard
Cello

April 2020:
Stefan Schneider – Percussion
Liam O’neill – Percussion
Radwan Moumneh – Engineering

Église Du Très-saint-nom-de-jésus
September 2020:
Thomas Beard - Cello
Pietro Amato - Recording
Rena Kozak - Engineering

Additional Assistance By:
Joe Grass – Guitar
Paul Corley – Mixing
Nathan Salon – Mixing
Austin Tufts – Engineering
James Trevascus – Mastering
Cover Photography – Andrew Haigh
Layout – Chris Reeder

Special Thanks:
Clarisse Quinn, Sam Strang,
Paul Corley, Andrew Haigh,
Matthew Hannam, Jonathan Alberts,
Everyone At Église Du Très-saint-nom-de-jésus.

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about

Tim Hecker Los Angeles, Chile

Few in the field of explorative ambient music have remained as questing and unclassifiable as Canadian composer Tim Hecker. Across his 15-year career he has moved through shades of reflective electronic noise, experiential sound design, and modern composition with a deft and distinguished touch. ... more

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Oct 13

TPO

Bologna, Italy
Oct 13

Teatro Kismet

Bari, Italy
Oct 25

Niebo

Warsaw, Poland
Nov 09

Public Records

New York (NYC), NY
Nov 10

Pioneer Works

Brooklyn, NY
Nov 11

The Ground Miami

Miami, FL
Nov 12

Terminal West

Atlanta, GA
Nov 14

Tulips

Fort Worth, TX
Nov 16

The Chapel

San Francisco, CA
Nov 18

Lodge Room

Highland Park, CA

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