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Date: Sat, 7 May 94 21:41:41 MDT
From: gerald wenzel <wenzel@cs.colostate.edu>
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Haven't seen a review of this yet - hope no one's posted one. At any rate,
this deserves more publicity! :)
The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa
_Free-D (Original Soundtrack)_
This is certainly a release that will appeal to a lot of people, whetherthey hail from the industrial, electronic, indie, etc. camps.. Found this
under the "Ambient" section in a local record store, but it's definitely not
ambient in the typical synth-wash/nature sound samples category.
"Acoustic ambient?" Something like that. Practically all of the rehas many "real" instruments throughout. Cellos, flutes, etc. Coupled with
many exotic synth sounds (watch out AFX!) and some thunderstorm noises
towards the end of the disc. When you first pop in this disc, you instant
ly think Slowdive met the Hafler Trio in an opium den or something. Vocals
fade in and out (they're the dreamy, incoherent Seefeel variety) but there
is never anything to "hold on" to. The music is totally unstructured, like
a huge ambient jam session. However, nothing ever comes off as being token
or thrown in to get that typical "ambient" effect.
At any rate, this is definitely one of my favorite releases of the year -
I believe it even tops Seefeel. Definitely unconventional. You won't
find much on this disc you've heard before.. If you like the Orb, Horizon
222, My Bloody Valentine, etc. you won't regret this purchase!
"all I do is write rhymes, eat, drink shit and bone"
Jon