White-Out Conditions

by Bel Canto

White-Out Conditions cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1987
  • Label: Crammed Discs
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 39:55
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Anneli Drecker, Geir Jenssen, Gilles Martin, Marc Hollander, Nils Johansen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Hailing from the arctic extremes of Troms酶, the trio's debut effectively merges mechanical synth-pop production with stark, icy atmospheres. Anneli Drecker's soaring, operatic vocal delivery elevates the synthetic soundscapes, helping to define the burgeoning ethereal wave genre while anticipating the electronic explosion of the following decade.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, nature, electronic, female-vocals, orchestral, synthesizers, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. Blank Sheets (4:13)
  2. Dreaming Girl (3:04)
  3. Without You (4:02)
  4. Capio (2:20)
  5. Agassis (3:55)
  6. Kloeberdanz (2:59)
  7. White-Out Conditions (4:07)
  8. Baltic Ice: Breaker (4:43)
  9. Upland (6:59)
  10. Chaideinoi (3:28)

Credits

  • Bel Canto - primary artist
  • Kees Grijpink - lacquer cut by
  • Nils Johansen - mandolin, flute, bass, synthesizer, programmed by [computer], written-by
  • Anneli Drecker - vocals, synthesizer, written-by
  • Marc Hollander - woodwind
  • Larssen - written-by
  • Pete Knutsen - written-by

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