Netherworld :: Vanishing Lands (Glacial Movements)

Built on repetitive motifs, fragmented and desolate melodious fragments sustained by diversified electronic experimentations.

Serene and microtonal sound tapestries

Netherworld (alias Alessandro Tedeschi) is one innovative, looped based minimal ambient project that Igloo readers surely are well informed about due to occasional reviews of materials published by Glacial Movements (owned by Alessandro Tedeschi himself). Faithful to his original soundscaping signature, Tedeschi delivers a corpus of enveloping, serene and microtonal sound tapestries with a profound sonic impact. Slumbering electronic textures of isolationist quality subtly interact with natural swelling sounds, occasional vocalized effects (as in the title track), deep bass tones, distorted-noisy frequencies. The general mood oscillates between deep and upward feelings of inner quietness and tense-alien gritty like atmospheres. The album is built on repetitive motifs, fragmented and desolate melodious fragments sustained by diversified electronic experimentations. In a track such as “Slow Moving Streams” we can notice terrifying, ambiguous if not dark ambient swelling tones reminiscent to Zeit by Tangerine Dream at the peak of their cosmic experimentalism. Frosty, crepuscular, emotional ambient introspection at its finest. I definitely have to keep this one in mind for the potential best albums of the year. Recommended for fans of Benoît Pioulard (ref. Stanza I-III), Hecq, Mark Pritchard, Dahlia’s Tear among others.

Vanishing Lands is available on Glacial Movements. [Bandcamp]