Circular
Formed in the wake of the ambient house/techno explosion of the early '90s, Circular was inspired particularly by the more experimental end of the ambient spectrum, creating distinctively dark and often beatless soundscapes that betrayed a debt to fellow Norwegians Biosphere, among other modern ambient touchstones. Partners and longtime friends Bjarte Andreassen and Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik formed Circular in the fall of 1995 in their native Bergen. After contributing a track to the Hypnotic sampler Psychedelic Ambience in 1996, the pair recorded their debut album, Nanotopia, for Origo Sound in 1997. It received positive reviews, and Circular was recruited to create music for TV and advertisements in Norway. Their sophomore album, Divergent, was released by Beatservice in 1999. Gjelsvik also released material as part of Neural Network (which went on hiatus following his success in Circular) and with the solo project Debris (on Beatservice's Arctic Circles compilations).
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Discography
19 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Kimono Kaleidoscope
Dance - Released by Healing Sound Propagandist on Feb. 24, 2023
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Nordic Circles | Live Nuit Hypnotique #4 (Live Edit)
Ambient - Released by ULTIMAE on Nov. 3, 2013
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Cycles of Remembrance
Alternative & Indie - Released by Loki Foundation on Nov. 5, 2010
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Divergent
Electronic - Released by Beatservice Records on Nov. 1, 1999
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Radiating Perpetual Light
Alternative & Indie - Released by Loki Foundation on Jul. 26, 2013
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Shaping the Unknown
Ambient - Released by Loki Foundation on Dec. 1, 2006
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Equidistant
Electronic - Released by Triple Drop Productions on Jun. 20, 2015
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Ghostwhite
Alternative & Indie - Released by Loki Foundation on Sep. 1, 2019
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Guild Angels
Dance - Released by Money Gang Records on Mar. 18, 2022
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Circular #1
World - Released by Distribución Digital Integral on Oct. 7, 2022
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Float
Alternative & Indie - Released by Loki Foundation on Dec. 1, 2023
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Ripples of Music: Ocean Harmony
Nano Sounds, Streaming Waves, Circular
New Age - Released by Astral Audio on May 22, 2024
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Binaural Nature Escape: Birds and Rain Soundscapes
remind me, Free Floaticity, Circular
New Age - Released by Astral Audio on May 10, 2024
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