Permafrost album

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Permafrost
Studio album by Thomas Köner
Released 1993
Genre Ambient
Length 37:45
Label Barooni
Producer Thomas Köner
Professional reviews

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Thomas Köner chronology
Teimo
(1992)		 Permafrost
(1993)		 Aubrite
(1995)

Permaforst is third solo album from German Ambient music producer, Thomas Köner. Considered by many as his greatest work is developing icy drone style of previous works even further, to make its climax in length title track. Album was later re-issued in 1996 on one disc by Mille Plateaux - Teimo & Permafrost.

"Nival" is a synonym to word "snowy".

Serac is a group or column of ice intersecting crevasses on a glacier.

Firn is a type of snow that has been left over from past seasons and has been recrystallized into a substance denser than névé. It is ice that is at an intermediate stage between snow and glacial ice.

Permafrost is soil at or below the freezing point of water (0°C or 32°F) for two or more years. In practice it's a large stretch of land (found mostly in Siberia) with soil frozen all over deep to the bottom.

"Meta incognita" means "unknown frontier" in Latin. It's also another name for Baffin Island.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Nival" – 5:57
  2. "Serac" – 5:38
  3. "Firn" – 5:34
  4. "Permafrost" – 10:09
  5. "Meta Incognita" - 7:03
  6. "..." - 3:24