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10/23/2015

Nojoined - A Good Day For Gravity (2014)




/Ambient, Drone, Minimalism, Organic electronica, Kosmische Musik, Musique concrète/

Comment: behind these 39 minutes is David Priestley whose issue draws upon a minimal approach which consists of droning electronics, and undulating spaced-out synths on the top. At the first sight it might ring a little bit matted, however, the more one listens to it the more it will be opening up for you. Indeed, the core of these 6 pieces is dark-mattered and obscure though one can find out glimpses coming out of it and coming into it. For instance, you can discern the sounds of concrete music and Moog splattered rhythms. In general, it is the solid drift between dark ambient and Kosmische Musik.

12/21/2011

Simon Waldram - Industrial Skyline (2011)



/Alternative rock, Guitar ambient, Experimentalism, Ambient drone, Crossover, Ambient, Experimental rock, Minimalism/


Comment: it is said that The River, a majestic 40-minute album, was motivated by the compositional approaches of CAN, and Miles Davis. Nearly an hour of improvised guitar was recorded, which was then chopped up, treated and re-arranged into one 20 minute piece of music. Maelstrom is meant to represent an overloading of the synapses before they gradually shutdown for good. While The River is a musical description of the landscape of an industrial city, Maelstrom is the inner journey of a person living in that same environment. If to unstitch all the whole you can see lots of minimal, loop-repeated units and minutiae, droning guitar buzz where you can perceive permanently evoked seams and phase changes - all the aforementioned elements are up here to meet sometimes with more traditional, guitar-driven rock compositions. All in all, it is a very positive outlet.