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Last time, (long ago,) that I did a review we were looking into the world of ambient music. Now to change the pace once again, we have Infesto by The Cruels, a constant stream of noisy self indulgent punk rock.
For the most part its a very straight forward listen, and exactly what you might expect out of the genre, every once in while though, particularly during the first track there is some exploration into noise territory. Static, high pitch bleeps and bloops as well as various other thoughtfully composed touches.
Unfortunately the rest of the album falls flat in that direction, only offering subtle hints that it might ever go further then turning right back to its punk roots. It’s a good fun and energetic album. I just don’t think it is as special as it could have been.
Woah HEY! Well it sure has been a long time again since last time, and I think the way to solve the problem is buffer. I just don’t have any buffer!
Our previous two explorations in ambient music were both centered around a continuum of sound. Sweeping through time, as if to say, “Eternity is in your grasp.” In contrast, today though we look at Zreen Toyz’s Aesthetically Nebulous, a jarring landscape of bent sounds, sudden changes and total confusion.
A clash of the organic and the digital, Aesthetically Nebulous is a world of sensory overload, bursting at the seam with sounds of every, and any, origin. There is in fact, little room left for the mind to wander, or to even understand, brought back into the music, through every unexpected strike or howl. This isn’t to say that the album lacks focus, in fact, underneath each track is cleverly engineered with its own themes and notions that are highly individualistic from track to track, and listener to listener.
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Melting Loop Trip is second in our dive deep into ambiance. Fully submerged in its eternal echos, Melting Loop Trip was meant to be played just like that, looped, where it can wash one out to sea, current steady and strong.
This release is best for those looking for something straight and to the point, or just bare bones. There’s no funny business on the album, there is little even to help tell the difference between “Trip 8” and “Trip 12”. And there in lays the albums greatest strength, to remove itself from the picture. To cleanly become one with its environment, and never ruin the illusion.
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For the next few days I have a wonderful line up of ambient music to share with you all. Starting with Christopher McFall’s “A Long Time Running for The Suicide Strays”.
The album waxes and wanes rhythmically, its industrial hums surfacing, only to fold back onto they’re own endless vibrations time and time again. Temporal, would be the proper way to describe the result. McFall has created a lengthy suburban sprawl in the dead of night and offered us a taste it’s most unique and subtle sounds, perhaps even it’s most colourful moments. And while our nights often end too soon, in this album’s realm they seem to last a good proper lifetime.
Revolution Void is a beautiful blend of solid beats with a deadly sting and smart jazz improvisation playing through a contradictory chorus of whimsical synths and jarring record scratches.
Thread Soul is exciting from start to finish, and is one of my favorite Acid Jazz records. In that short 47 minute time frame it covers a lot of ground and “City Lights at Night” is just a quick taste. You should defiantly…
A fine piece of minimalistic post-rock, Eurasia Deluxe by The Winter War In Tibet, keeps a steady core sound through it’s hour long duration, and rarely trails off course, and there in lies it’s beauty. Steady and grounded, it walks me along the straight and narrow, with just enough subtleties, lightly pressed into the scenery, to keep my mind from total wander.
With the school year finally put to rest, I’m back, and boy it’s been far too long.
The Dropllift Project isn’t your normal run of the mill sound, a compilation work by a number of found sound artists, each work is as varied and unique as the next.
Sometimes jarring, sometimes funny, and somewhere between horrifying and thought provoking. This is definitely something you have to spin a few times before giving it the axe, or never letting go…
So what happens when you cross The Beatles, Cream, and Jefferson Airplane? You get Art Boys Collection, and they pack a punch. Mind melting riffs, and headache conducing solos mix among phased harmonies that transport me straight to Abbey Road in the 60’s. All with a light sprinkling of folk of course.
I’m Ridding On An Arrow is perhaps the heaviest track on the album and the whole thing is definitely worth at least a few spins through the mp3 player, or perhaps the old turntable.
I’m back from a short hiatus, this time bringing you all Destination, by Juan Galie. It’s a peaceful, down tempo, and emotional album. I really could have chosen any of the tracks since each one glides just as smoothly as the last.
That’s perhaps the single negative note, it’s easy to doze off listening to Juan slowly tickle your ear drums.
Layers of perfectly orchestrated notes and sounds, slowly build up into a climax of pure deconstruction. White noise, static, and distortion has never sounded so good, so musical. The album itself is pretty short, but it is also excellent.
