In this captivating Vangelis-inspired extended player, shifting synths, modular panoramas, subdued vocoders, and widescreen percussive elements interact succinctly, creating a pleasantly drifting voyage.
Tag: Drone
Field Lines Cartographer :: Portable Reality Generator (DiN)
The modular maven channels something of an early TD sound-feel via post-Kosmische textures, motifs, and rhythms; new projections in the head cinema, strangely familiar, yet otherworldly.
KMRU :: Natur (Touch)
The listener is transported in a rolling ambient vastness connected to natural elements and morphed field recordings, for a breathing, lively and emotional embrace which progressively reaches a mesmerizing climax.
Kessell & Kerqus :: Druid (Detroit Underground)
Druid is a cinematic and audiovisual experience for the senses; transporting us through multiple layers of exploratory sound patterns, textures, and shifting structures while deftly blending roughened sceneries with explosive clarity.
David Birchall, Kate Carr and Tullis Rennie :: Zippered Time, Winged Dialogue (Flaming Pines)
A homogenous and well orchestrated performance, making every musician involved a fundamental component, as each adds their own little piece to form a bigger, more satisfying puzzle.
Thierry Arnal :: Brume EP (Adventurous Music)
This time around, for his sophomore release on Adventurous Music, four audible (re)constructions—under his own name—flutter about with ambient, atmospheric, drone, and what sounds like time-stretched instrumentation
Onepointwo :: Voyages Extraordinaires (Human Geography)
These are works of musique concrète recalling the radiophonic atmospheres in vogue in the fifties and sixties and now seeing a sound resurgence as the medium of tape is revitalized and resurrected for composing.
Sam Joseph Delves :: Content EP (Equals Music)
Featuring delicate old tape machine samples alongside a 20-strong ensemble of world-class musicians, recorded in four countries, clearly the compositions use the full spectrum of natural and synthetic symphonics, combining perfectly into these classically informed arrangements.