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Somehow I've become our principal writer for ambient noise albums.
I'm not really sure how that happened, either every one else keeps
rejecting them, or I'm just really adept at spitting out industry
terms like spacey, void, textured, etc. Typically, these things are
either pretty easy to write about, or damn near impossible. Ambient
is supposed to evoke or create a mood, and then just sort of carry
you along with it. Some of it is meant to be in the forefront of your
listening experience, where all other stimulus has been removed, and
other types are meant to just barely be perceptible above the din
of your other activities. These types work on you through a sub-conscious
level.
"Deep Visions" would probably be of the latter type
if it were a purely organic experience, but its odd mixture of hazy,
watery landscapes trampled upon by robotic factories tends to simultaneously
draw you in and push you away. The industrial noise, I think, is a
little overdone at times; some of the early tracks need a bit more
negative space, and often times it seems as though the removal of
just one instrument would do the trick. "Stellar" has most
of the industrial elements removed and is effectively mind-numbing
as it draws you into its trance. By mid-album though, the levels of
noise to wave feel pretty well-balanced, and the album becomes more
of the distinctly engaging variety as I felt my level of nervous activity
rise. By the time "Keep On Moving" hits mid-track, I feel
like Kreck from A Scanner Darkly as he frantically tries to
scratch all of the phantom aphids off of his skin and scalp. Not sure
if that's a compliment or not, but it's pretty effective in creating
an unnerving level of under-your-skin anxiety.
-JD
Track Listing:
1. Ambient Work
2. Extrem
3. One Day
4. Stellar
5. The Saturnday
6. Transformer
7. Voices
8. Robotik Life
9. Keep On Moving
10. Indian
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