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- Live 06 This is a 2CD set containing two live performances by 4m33s done in 2006. The first one was at the Swindon Fringe Festival on May 1, the second was at Awakenings in Nottingham on December 9 and though both sets contain similar titles, they are different in execution. Additionally two long tracks from an Internet radio broadcast are included. |
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Tracks .... CD1 Live in Swindon 1 May 2006 1. Beyond Andromeda 14:18 2. Neuronium 9:44 3. Rings of Saturn 3:02 4. Space and Time 6:55 5. Daliesque Cloud Formation 13:19 Internet live broadcast 4 June 2006 6. Riley 22:33 CD2 |
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 Comments and reviews .... This was my first full-length exposure to 4m33s (aka John Sherwood), having previously only been familiar with a track on the Awakenings 2007 Vol. 2.5 compilation ("Picoseconds"), which impressed me with its somewhat experimental/avant-garde take on classic cosmic electronic music, separating itself in a distinct way from many of the other more "modern Berlin School" artists who appeared there. This album proves this artist has his own sound and vision that cannot be pigeonholed into a specific category of EM. Disc 1's opening track, the extremely atmospheric "Beyond Andromeda," builds wonderfully from lonely echoing blips to a warm drone, then layers a repeating thick bass pulse into the proceedings, all the while cosmic effects twitter above an intermittent metronome-like percussive effect. Add some heavily treated voice samples and mysterious sampled dialogue and this track proves a mini-masterpiece of sonic layering. The overall effect I would describe as "minimal deep space," creating a warm, cocoon-like atmosphere, perhaps what an astronaut would be experiencing in a lonely space pod adrift on a stellar sea. This is space music far removed from the often overwhelming bombast of artists like Redshift or Radio Massacre International, yet no less effective in painting visual images. I'm not sure of 4m33s's influences, but vintage (i.e. 1975-76) Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze comes readily to mind--not so much for the use of sequencers but more the sound design and experimental aspect using analog instrumentation. For some reason Vangelis' "Blade Runner" kept coming to mind, as well. The radically different "Neuronium" is another slow builder of layered elements, beginning as a gentle, melodic sequencer piece, then incorporating a "four on the floor" bass drum, spiralling drum pattern, and melodic synth chords. "Rings of Saturn" and "Space and Time" are two beautifully done short tracks of beatless atmospherics. The 13-minute "Daliesque Cloud Formation" (great title!) is a pretty straightforward melodic sequencer piece with some excellent drum programming to propel it along. A bit too long but quite good nonetheless. "Riley" closes Disc 1, a 22-minute hallucinogenic trip into the experimental realms again, sounding like a cross-pollenization of Zoviet France, Aphex Twin, and the Berlin School, seamlessly mixing drones, cosmic effects, gentle bass pulses, and sequencing. You can never have too much of a good thing, as exemplified by Disc 2. This release is essential and highly recommended to any and all headphonauts, inner space travellers, and alien disc jockeys. Don't miss it! Chris Knowlton Ambient space junkie
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