N-Plants

Description
N-Plants
Studio album by
Biosphere
Released27 June 2011
GenreElectronic, ambient house
Length49:50
LabelTouch
ProducerGeir Jenssen
Biosphere chronology
Wireless: Live at the Arnolfini, Bristol
(2009)		 N-Plants
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicFavorable
Pitchfork Media8.0/10 [1]
Dusted Magazine(positive) [2]
Peek-a-boo Magazine83/100 [3]

N-Plants is an ambient album by Norwegian producer Geir Jenssen, a.k.a. Biosphere. For this album, Jenssen found inspiration in the Japanese post-war economic miracle.[4] Each track title is named after a Japanese nuclear plant.

Geir Jenssen about N-Plants:

Early February 2011: Decided to make an album inspired by the Japanese post-war economic miracle. While searching for more information I found an old photo of the Mihama nuclear plant. The fact that this futuristic-looking plant was situated in such a beautiful spot so close to the sea made me curious. Are they safe when it comes to earthquakes and tsunamis? Further reading revealed that many of these plants are situated in earthquake-prone areas, some of them are even located next to shores that had been hit in the past by tsunamis. [sic]

A photo of Mihama made me narrow down my focus only to Japanese nuclear plants. I wanted to make a soundtrack to some of them, concentrating on the architecture, design and localizations, but also questioning the potential radiation danger (a cooling system being destroyed by a landslide or earthquake, etc). As the head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said: "the plants were so well designed that 'such a situation is practically impossible'.

The album was finished on February 13th. On March 17th I received the following message from a Facebook friend: 'Geir, some time ago you asked people for a photo of a Japanese nuclear powerplant. Is this going to be the sleeve of your new coming album? But more importantly: how did you actually predict the future? Kind regards, David.'"[4]

Track listing
  1. "Sendai-1" – 8:01
  2. "Shika-1" – 7:54
  3. "Jōyō" – 5:31
  4. "Ikata-1" – 5:05
  5. "Monju-1" – 2:42
  6. "Genkai-1" – 6:37
  7. "Ōi-1" – 5:10
  8. "Monju-2 – "3:58
  9. "Fujiko" – 4:56

Credits

All tracks written and performed by Geir Jenssen. Photography by Yusuke Murakami. Mastered by Denis Blackham.[5]

References
  1. "Biosphere: N-Plants". Pitchfork.
  2. "Dusted Reviews: Biosphere - N-Plants".
  3. "BIOSPHERE , N-Plants , Music, CD review".
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Biosphere – N-Plants (2011, CD)". Discogs.
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