May 2, 2011 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “On his third full length album for Hidden Shoal, Jumpel curates gentle whispers, lonely glances and tired sighs, in his carefully produced environmental snapshots of the world. Europa is Jo Dürbeck’s continuation of sound exploration as Jumpel,...
Apr 1, 2011 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “a minimal explanation of discovery, borne out of travels that extended around Europe. A certain inspiration that gives perspective for wider observations from distances of every measure, but also capped with a certain amount of isolation… It’s...
Apr 1, 2011 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “If Europa isn’t quite a whirlwind tour around the world in eighty days, it’s at the very least a journey through Europe in forty-five minutes—and very much a scenic one at that… An attempt to distill personal memories of eleven...
Dec 6, 2010 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “We really dug Jumpel’s last album, Deuxième Bureau, so we’re naturally very excited that the German minimalist will be gracing our ears again, through the excellent Hidden Shoal Recordings. Jumpel’s third album, Europa, is out now.You can watch the...
Nov 17, 2010 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “We got this pretty ill track from Germany’s Jumpel, who apparently is a pretty sick ambient minimalist music maker over there in Germania. Checked out some of the earlier stuff and dig it. Edinburgh is a perfect example off of his forthcoming album...
Nov 17, 2010 | Jumpel Reviews, Reviews
Excerpt: “Edinburgh is taken from the forthcoming Jumpel album Europa (out November 25th). Inspired by Jo Dürbeck’s travels around Europe, the album transforms Dürbeck’s personal memories of 11 different European locations into minimal ambient electronica. The...
