Village Orchestra, The - Et In Arcadia Ego

Label: Highpoint Lowlife
Catalog#: HPLL 014
Format: CD, Album, Digipak
Country:UK
Released:28 Nov 2005
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, IDM, Ambient
Credits: Artwork By [Cover Image] - Bryan Kerr
Recorded By - Village Orchestra, The
Written-By - Ruaridh Law
Notes:All tracks recorded by The Village Orchestra in Renfrew and Arrochar - 03/04 - 07/04.
Rating: 4.77/5 (13 votes) Rate It
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Tracklisting:

1   COSHH (5:06)
2   Jacob/Bad Hand At Cards v2 (5:45)
3   Dawn (4:34)
4   Bryan's Tricky 'Do You Like The Drummer?' Question (5:13)
5   All The Little Lights Going Out (8:10)
6   Love Theme From 'Two Man Rumble' (7:10)
7   Sunken (5:49)
8   Many Rooms In My Father's House (6:42)
9   In Arcadia (9:02)
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User Reviews:
jdcapshew, Mar 19, 2007

The joys of The Village Orchestra are many, and very rare in electronica where much new music starts to sound the same as everything else youve hear before. The complexity is apparent from the first track as at least three conflicting motifs play off of each other. There are bell-like chimes, disembodied angelic voices and jittery ambient techno flourishes all competeing for the listeners attention. Its innovative, and instead of backgound noise or ambient wallpaper, you get a very involving experience. Almost mystical at times, like Gong at their trippiest with no singing, of course. You sit back and listen to The Village Orchestra. Its that good. On top of that, this CD is almost like a soundtrack with the soaring orchestral flourishes and lush production. This is repeated, track after track, theres a lot going on, it makes harmonic sense, and its richly complex. Fans Monolake, Bola and Peter Benisch are going to like the result.

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