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| 1. Magnetic Fields |
5:30 |
| 2. The Hands of Paul Delvaux
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| 3. Indefinite Divisibility
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18:33 |
| 4. Birth of Liquid Desires
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| 5. Men Shall Know Nothing of This
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| 6. Europe After the Rains
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| 7. The Enigma of the Hour
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| 8. Elegy for Rrose Sélavy
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Indefinite Divisibility (extract) 
The Hands of Paul Delvaux
Magnetic Fields
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Ceremonies
2 CD
set Part 3 of "The
Ritual"
This is a double album
where disc 1 is the main Arrival album,
and disc 2 contains alternate versions etc.
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| 1. Prelude |
3:29 |
| 2, Ceremony 1 |
22:03 |
| 3. Ancient Wisdom |
9:53 |
| 4. Ceremony 2 |
20:02 |
| 5. Ceremony 3 |
11:27 |
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| 1. C3 Variant |
10:11 |
2. Mystical Time Machine
live at Awakenings 25 Oct 08 |
18:51 |
3. The Ritual (concise version)
by Steve Munslow |
15:33 |
| 4. Prelude Variant |
6:25 |
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Arrival at Infinity
2 CD
set Part 4 of "The
Ritual"
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where disc 1 is the main Arrival album,
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Infinite Divisibility (Variant) |
23:45 |
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2. Arrival at Infinity (Longform) |
30:23 |
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Beyond Infinity
2 CD
set "Arrival at
Infinity" continued to, erm, infinity
This is a double album
where disc 1 contains a revised and slightly longer version
of Secret Way, and also of Hands of Paul Delvaux (from Mystical Time
Machine)
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Infinite Divisibility (Ambient)
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30:23 |
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Space
2 CD
set Taking the
"Space" part of The Ritual into another dimension
This is a double album
where disc 1 contains a new version of Space, and a journey
beyond that into outer space. Disc 2 contains
the huge single track going totally spacey
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26:25 |
| 2. Outer Space |
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The Ritual Live in
Nottingham
Recorded live at Peggers, Nottingham, on the 3rd October 2004,
at the inaugural event of Ambientlive Awakenings on a cold and
rainy Sunday night. The music is warm and friendly and a little
spacey and mysterious.
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1. Atomsphere / Beyond Andromeda /
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9:34 |
| 3. Earth |
15:01 |
| 4. Man |
9:37 |
| 5. Ritual |
14:08 |
| 6. Epilogue |
5:47 |
John firstly plays some older material, the extended and quite
tinkly 'Atomsphere' taking up most of the first section. And then
begins the main event 'The Ritual' which takes nearly an hour.
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Reviews ...
Mystical Time Machine
The next long awaited album from John Sherwood's Ritual project lands, finally, in 2010, with a bang.
A double disc set - the hour long album and accompanying film - comes at a
very affordable price, and
is definitely worth a purchase.
'Magnetic Fields' starts the album on a highly experimental note, with
sequences, effects, whooshes,
clangs and other sounds appearing seemingly out of the blue. A cold wind
sound carries this electronic
collage into 'The Hands of Paul Delvaux', with a mournful synth drone, and
some beautiful melodies.
A particularly pensive piece. Without break to catch one's thoughts, a
sequence appears, marking the
start of Indefinite Divisibility. Over the course of eighteen minutes, the
sequence morphs and swerves,
chords, melodies and textures come and go, and the whole pieces keeps up a
thrilling momentum,
never tiring or boring the listener. Probably my favourite sequence-led piece so far here.
In stark contrast, Birth of Liquid Desires follows with low, reverberating
drones, muffled percussion and
quietly growly synths. One of the most contemporary sounding pieces John
has recorded and an
excellent mood piece. Men Shall Know Nothing of This keeps the ambient
mood, but adds a light,
dreamy sequence and comes out sounding similar to earlier (4m33s) work, such
as Dark/Light.
The album is brilliantly segued, with one track flowing into another, and
Europe After The Rains floats
in with a suitably light, fresh sound. More sequences, more drones, more
reverbed sounds, lovely
harmonic content. The cold wind returns at the end, reminding us that this
is a chilling, dramatic album,
in time for the record's second epic, the 20 minute The Enigma of the
Hour. A dramatic, slightly unsettling
sequence appears and drives the song forward. The track is less energetic
than Indefinite Divisibility,
and more hypnotic with its sinister bubbling sequence.
Rounding out the album is Elegy for Rrose Sélavy, which closes the record
on a suitably melancholy,
mournful note, with a simple synth melody.
The accompanying DVD consists of a film with the album as its soundtrack,
and contains a varied array
of imagery, still and moving, from space photographs and mystical imagery,
to the surreal paintings of
Duchamp and Dali, a recurring theme in Sherwood's music.
All in all, Mystical Time Machine is a marvellous record - moody,
atmospheric, yet lively and enthralling.
This is the most contemporary sounding Sherwood album, yet also heavily
displays its Berlin School roots.
Wonderful.
Ross Baker
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