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Francisco López | Michael Northam - Belle Confusion 0247 - 20-Oct-08 03:57 PM
I often feel as though I'm in a jungle when I listen to Michael Northam's music: deep and dense roots - teeming life above ground - towering canopies of foliage. I thrill to the way this piece suddenly and surprisingly ignites with a huge burst of bass a third of the way through and then, just as suddenly, plunges into an almost painful chasm of faint murmurings and rumblings. By the way - turn the volume way up.

Gert Emmens - Wanderer Of Time - 15-Oct-08 11:39 AM
What a beautiful piece of work this album is! What sets Gert Emmens apart from his peers are his gorgeous melodies - soaring, lush and sensual. The last track 'The Voyage of Voyager 1' is a masterpiece, the main motif set against ever-changing pitches and crystal-clear rhythms with odd touches of muffled voices and industrial noises. There is also a clarity in his work which makes him stand out from other modern Berlin school composers.

Jim O'Rourke - Long Night - 13-Sep-08 09:42 PM
Part One of this work really does drone on and on and on and on, relentless in its monodrony (my word). However, just when you’re almost at your wits end, after nigh 90 minutes of drowning in dreary drone with barely a perceptible harmonic variation and very little texture to speak of, it suddenly erupts with uplifting and spiralling chords, made all the more dramatic by the preceding stagnation. The listener is left high in the dronament. A sneaky trick Mr O’Rourke, but, I must admit, very effective.

Mathias Grassow - On Silent Wings Of Healing - 09-May-08 03:41 PM
A shockingly tawdry and whining piece from the ambient pioneer, I can't think why he released it. After a fairly mellow start, it begins to grate on the nerves and, by the time it reaches 'The Touch' one is severely tempted to curtail it's misery. I would say it is on the opposite end of the spectrum from 'healing', a work I really wouldn't want to hear on my hospital bed. A far cry from the excellent 'Awaken The Empire of Dark Wood' or the more recent first two volumes of 'Highlights'.

Painting Petals On Planet Ghost - Painting Petals On Planet Ghost - 10-Mar-08 01:26 PM
The Opalio brothers, although sometimes bordering on pretentiousness, usually steer just clear and one gives them the benefit of the doubt and enjoys their music nonetheless. This release, however, falls squarely into the pretentious. Turgid Japanese phrases, about cherry blossoms, wind and unrequited love (!) , are repetively and endlessly sung and recited (by someone obviously not Japanese) over plinkety-plonkety percussion sounds in very echoing spaces (could they be caves?). Very tedious to the mind and ear.

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