Circular

Formed within the wake from the ambient home/techno explosion of the first ’90s, Round was motivated particularly with the more experimental end from the ambient spectrum, creating distinctively dark and frequently beatless soundscapes that betrayed a debt to fellow Norwegians Biosphere, among various other contemporary ambient touchstones. Companions and longtime close friends Bjarte Andreassen and Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik created Circular in nov 1995 within their indigenous Bergen. After adding a track towards the Hypnotic sampler Psychedelic Atmosphere in 1996, the set documented their debut recording, Nanotopia, for Origo Audio in 1997. It received reviews that are positive, and Round was recruited to generate music for Television and advertisements in Norway. Their sophomore recording, Divergent, premiered by Beatservice in 1999. Gjelsvik also released materials within Neural Network (which continued hiatus pursuing his achievement in Round) and with the single project Particles (on Beatservice’s Arctic Circles compilations).