Sometimes, leaning heavily on the synthesizers, more on the piano, sometimes melodies shimmer around the corner, just as they can be entirely abstract. All of this is done with one objective, and one that he reaches: to play some excellent fine mood music.
Luscious pads of warm synthesizers glow
SineRider, also known as Devin Powers returns to Sound In Silence with his third album (see Vital Weekly #1309 for the second; the first we didn’t review). Here, we have a continuation of previous approaches, with Powers taking the classic ambient approach. Luscious pads of warm synthesizers glow, a bit of piano sound with a healthy dose of reverb to suggest space and all of this in twelve variations. Sometimes, leaning heavily on the synthesizers, more on the piano, sometimes melodies shimmer around the corner, just as they can be entirely abstract. All of this is done with one objective, and one that he reaches: to play some excellent fine mood music.
I found his previous release to be along the lines of Eno/Budd, and this one is similar. Music for quiet summer days out in the country, with insects buzzing around and sounds from the environment mingling with the electronic tones from SineRider. Alright, it ain’t summer here yet, but on one of those early spring days when it’s warm enough to open the balcony doors and let that winter dust blow away, sitting around with a cup of tea, trying to avoid work as best as I could (or rather, for as long as I could), but after four repeated plays, it was inevitable time to move on and break the delicate spell of sonic bliss.
Review by: Frans de Waard / Vital Weekly #1430. Reprinted with permission.
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