Hi all,
Heard about this from Aquarius Records and it sounds like something that
people on this list might dig: <
http://aquariusrecords.org>
Best,
Jason
IRE, BEN Equilibrium (Foundry) cd ep 5.98
The Foundry is a San Francisco ambient label, whose definition of ambient
resides squarely in the mid-'90s. At that time, the utilitarian chill out
rooms of warehouse parties and raves intended to calm the over-stimulated,
ecstacy-addled brains of ravers; yet it also began to produce a very
specific variation of synth-based ambient music that converged with world
beat, post-industrial, psychedelia, and anything else that you could zone
out to. Labels like Beyond, Emit, and Silent offered warm and fuzzy ambient
cocktails with holistic claims of inter-dimensional travel, brain-tuning,
and other new age drivel. Yet, with any aesthetic form, gems did emerge,
with the mid-'90s ambient highlight being the Aphex Twin's "Selected
Ambient Works Vol 2." Ben Swire's debut EP aspires towards that Aphex
pinnacle, and comes respectably close with an interesting use of
IDM-informed / post-drum & bass rhythms spartanly skittering amidst the
synthetic floes of ambience. Swire, who has previously worked with
Neotropic on one of her NTone singles, displays a slippery use of nursery
rhythm melodies that unveil themselves to be quite sublime, not unlike
Boards of Canada's "Geogaddi" album.
Perfect Sound Forever
online music magazine
perfect-sound@furious.com
http://www.perfectsoundforever.com
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