I first discovered German electronic musician F.S. Blumm from a 1999 Sack & Blumm 7". Blumm has continued to collaboate with Harald "Sack" Ziegler, who makes a brief appearance on Zweite Meer, but he's also made many solo albums, including this one from 2005, where he exhibits his skill on an impressively diverse array of instruments. The tracks here are all instrumental except for one David Grubbs cameo on vocals. Zweite Meer consists of a series of short tracks, each of which is sparse, simple and repetitive. The atmospheric sketches sometimes fade into the background, despite the individual parts within each having a lot of movement, and they generally maintain a light mood. The somewhat primitive digital recording is impressively mastered with rich midrange, though I sometimes wish the high frequency transients were tamed a bit. The packaging features a beautiful cover image, strong design around it, and really nice reverse-stock paper.
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