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█ ARTIST: PJE █
█ TITLE: Sea of State █
█ LABEL: Twisted Tree Line █
█ GENRE: Ambient █
█ BITRATE: 245kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 19min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-03-11 █
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█ 01. Sea Of State 19:22 █
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█ Review from A Closer Listen: █
█ The Twisted Treeline label has been responsible for a good many releases █
█ in the past few months, and itÆs not even a year old. A somewhat quiet █
█ label releasing somewhat quiet music, the label is a hardworking yet █
█ humble presence whose efforts are slowly paying off through a diverse █
█ and accomplished body of work. █
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█ UK based Phil Edwards (PJE) is the latest artist to participate in the █
█ labelÆs postcard series, and Sea of State provides him with an excellent █
█ opportunity to spread his wings. The 3? format is the perfect place for █
█ a 19-minute drone, as it allows the opportunity for such a piece to █
█ stand on its own, uncrowded and proud. █
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█ The selection begins with a series of mismatched tones that rise to the █
█ surface, only to be conquered by other tones. Multiple layers undulate █
█ while erstwhile participants drop in, borrow cups of sugar, and leave: █
█ single beats, paired guitar notes, an undercurrent of bass. Dark chains █
█ rattle like a prisoner in leg irons. The piece toys with expectations █
█ of form; the harmonics may be the key, but the listener keeps searching █
█ for identifiable notes in the morass. In the final minutes, crackling █
█ street noises and a sampled loop offer a tentative handhold. But the █
█ mind is so used to seeking structure that it begins to play tricks. The █
█ words ôIÆm not strange anymoreö seem to reset and repeat. And yet, no █
█ words are spoken; the perceived speech is actually the sound of a carÆs █
█ ignition, which underlines the theme of thwarted expectation. This █
█ reversal provides the piece with its peculiar, disorienting power; in █
█ this setting, normal is no longer normal, and even sparks can speak. █
█ (Richard Allen) █
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