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Elektronavn: Black Zurnai Cassette on Not Not Fun autumn 2007

" [...] 2008 promises to be a prolific year for Elektronavn but while awaiting releases on labels such as Qbico, Digitalis, Rural Faune, Students of Decay and Secret Eye you should definitely check out the cloth-clad Black Zurnai cassette on Not Not Fun Records. Compared to the other stuff I’ve heard from Elektronavn this is definitely the noisiest and most collage-like, but in the middle of the intoxicating amalgam of noise and drone there are also a chaplet of folky tones present that reveal a sort of beauty and isolation that actually is much more seducing than it is alienating. I am a big fan of what this guy is capable of and be sure to check out the Deep Water site sometime soon for an interview with Mr. Elektronavn, Magnus Olsen Majmon." - Mats Gustafsson The Broken Face blogspot www jan. 08

"[...] Et forløb der føles som ét stort ånderidt ud over Mongoliets stepper, men som strukturelt set både låner fra vestlig kompositionsmusik og er gennemført moderne. Shamanisme i det 21. århundrede, simpelthen. [...] Black Zurnai er på den måde et sjældent musikalsk overflødighedshorn [...]. - Steffen B Pedersen / Geiger #15 forår 08