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ROBERT
SCOTT THOMPSON
The latest release from electro-acoustic ambient composer Robert
Scott Thompson Gold Flowers Bloom Mercury Petals is comprised of
12 tracks which flow together like a concert suite, with subtle
transitions between the main works.
Similar
in style to the landmark releases The Silent Shore, Frontier and
Blue Day, the album provides for highly immersive listening in the
best tradition of classical ambient music. Serene, flowing, richly
layered music of significant beauty and refinement.
Released around the same time is Mantra: Mantra is a long-form ambient
work created using real-time performance techniques. At the base
of the work is a specialized computer program for audio processing
which treats vocal sounds as live input from a microphone. The singing
is analyzed by the program and a real-time accompaniment is created
spontaneously, based on the pitch and amplitude of the sung sounds
- among other attributes. Resulting sounds are mixed together by
the program and form the main structural aspect of the composition.
05.07.09
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DON
PEYOTE
Eternal Now is a full body emersion into the
higher orbiting realms of human consciousness. Don continues his
voyage into the trans shamanic journey soundscape domain with this
astounding composition
The seven tracks on Don's new album
were initially recorded as one long piece, the continuous flow later
being marked off into distinct sections. As a result the overall
impression is one of almost imperceptible shifts morphing a single
thread into varying forms. Soft beds of tone and delicate drone
hazes form inviting atmospheres wherein the rich, sonorous chimes
of beautiful brass and crystal singing bowls echo and ring. Many
of the metallics appear to have been struck with soft beaters, their
padded knells muted and mellow. Deep vocalisations join the mix
in places, the layered reverberations of overtone throat singing
by Tenzing Tsewang smoothly rising and falling into an almost steady
sonic state. Subtle effects ebb and flow on the edges of perception,
bringing further variety to the music. Apparently Eternal now was
composed and recorded in just 3 weeks - which says Don "is
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