Eternell - Beneath an Endless Sky (2018)

All selections have been specially edited for this compilation.

~a Stereoscenic retrospective~

“It’s interesting to think back on how this compilation has come to be. I remember Marek Kamiński of Lights Dim recommended that I check out “A Quiet Awakening” by Purl, and I was immediately hooked—the depth and beauty of this music was impressive! For a while I was collecting any album Ludvig released under his various monikers from his bandcamp page called Eternell—which I understood to be a sort of label name. Then one day he released “Waking Music”. It seemed like an absolute masterpiece, the same vibe as “Drown in Love”—my favorite track from “A Quiet Awakening.” I wasn’t sure how to present the music on my radio show, however, because this album did not actually specify an artist name. I got in touch with Ludvig to clarify, and to tell him it was an amazing album with “Inner Wandering” perhaps being the best ambient song I’ve ever heard. It turns out, he didn’t think this album quite fit his Purl project, and was considering using Eternell for this release. We discussed releasing it as a proper 2-CD set on Stereoscenic as the first official release under his new ambient moniker. At that time life got really busy for me and I can only fast forward to last summer when Ludvig got in touch with me about the idea of doing a compilation for Stereoscenic. It was already time for a retrospective album, with ten Eternell releases to date!

Since then we’ve spent a great deal of time selecting tracks, putting them in order, and polishing them. Many of these tracks are shorter than the original versions, but we’ve preserved the essence and flow. Some tracks have evolved into significantly different mixes since we started, others have just been lightly remastered. I’m especially proud to have made custom edits of 3 tracks from the original edition of “Waking Music” (no longer available elsewhere) which recapture the magic of the original versions I first heard—it feels fantastic to finally be releasing them on Stereoscenic! This whole endeavor has been a great privilege to me and the music presented here is truly a gift to the world.”

—Andrew J Klimek