New Pontus Gunve Live Video Released

Pontus H. W. Gunve is planning to feature four live videos. The first of those is out now. All four songs are included on the new live EP from Gunve, Live in New York. The first video is “Kraken & Cavalry of Camels.”

NYC-based guitarist, composer and technologist Pontus Gunve’s music embraces the theory that music is a multi-dimensional experience and an adventure in wordless storytelling that fully absorbs the audience. Flowing through time and space, the sonic textures he creates evoke the ethereal landscapes of other-worldly multi-media artists like Jean Michel Jarre and Boards of Canada while still clearly inspired by the thick, dark compositional textures of legendary heavy metal bands like Megadeth.

Gunve was first fully gripped by his passion for music when he saw Jean Michel Jarre’s Rendezvous Houston: A City in Concert on television as a child growing up in Sweden. Blown away by Jarre’s all-encompassing high-tech stage show and the endless layers of his album Oxygene, Gunve began to explore the capabilities of computers to create different sounds and textures. His fascination with rock music led him to electric guitar, which he began to study voraciously, simultaneously imagining ways to expand its boundaries. At the same time, he experimented with sequencing and learned how to build computer and synthesizer modules that could be used practically during performances and on recordings.

In a review at Music Emissions, NLathy said this of the track, “The most profound and memorable moments come on ‘Kraken & Cavalary of Camels.’ The intro sizzles and draws me in. It keeps my attention level high even when things start to drag a little bit…But the song gains needed momentum about half way through the 8:05 excursion. There’s a searing guitar which provides plenty of fascination.” In an upcoming review at Music Street Journal, Jason Hillenburg said, “Gunve largely abandons rock music here in favor of a stricter symphonic approach allowing room for exploration. The music breathes more and the versatile use of space in the quieter sections is another example of the wide range of dynamics at Pontus ‘ disposal.” Don’t take their word for it, though, check the video out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMCN1RRna0E.

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