Alveol
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“Sweden's Ludvig Cimbrelius aka Alveol has been developing a catalog of beautifully expressive electronic compositions for over a decade. With Alveol's third full-length album, the long-awaited ‘Every Now is a New Beginning’, he delivers a body of work that moves us into new worlds of sound and thought. The title makes a clear statement—this is an album about letting go of past limitations, fearlessly embracing the present moment and reshaping the future. Alveol's productions push the boundaries of house and techno through a diverse array of sonic textures, allowing for deep travels into the inner cosmos, be it at home or in the club. Always reaching for new combinations of sounds, Alveol sees his musical creations as vibrational vessels to more expansive states of being.”
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—from the press release of ‘Every Now is a New Beginning’, one of Alveol’s celebrated releases on the Baltimore based record label Noisy Meditation.
LUDVIG SHARES ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF ALVEOL
Alveol was born in 2009, after a dramatic experience that took me to the depths of my own personal darkness, through which I uncovered a deep surrender that eventually allowed me to float to new highs. “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."—this quote from Albert Camus comes to mind, as it was indeed in the midst of winter when this played out. In the deep cold of the season, I discovered a new energy flowing through in my music sessions, with a warm, glittering, pulsing sound that was in stark contrast to the melancholic, droning soundscapes of Purl and the darker, industrial techno realms of Rust that I was inhabiting at this time. ​​Since the projects debut that came out in 2010, Alveol released a total of 28 albums, EP's and compilations and contributed over 40 remixes to other artists. It was laid to rest in 2017, when I felt that its energy had been expressed to satisfaction. The soul of the project is reborn in Illuvia.