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│ Solar Fields - Blue Moon Station │
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│ Artist: Solar Fields │
│ Album: Blue Moon Station │
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│ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ Ripper........: Psytopia │
│ Supplier......: PsyCZ Team │
│ Genre.........: Ambient │
│ Style.........: PsyTrance Ambient / Chill │
│ Ripp.With.....: EAC │
│ Encode.With...: Lame 3.93.1 │
│ Quality.......: VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Full Stereo │
│ Company(Label): Ultimae Records │
│ CatalogNr.....: Inre008 │
│ Url...........: http://www.solarfields.com │
│ ReleaseDate...: 28.09.2004 │
│ StoreDate.....: 00.03.2003 │
│ Type..........: Album │
│ Source........: CDDA │
│ Tracks........: 01 │
│ Playtime......: 79:17 min │
│ Size..........: 107,3 MB │
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│ ┌─────────────────────────────[ ReleaseNotes ]───────────────────────────┐ │
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│ Welcome to [ Blue Moon Station ], starting point of a walk through a │
│ futuristic space where all is free, fluid and dense, a series of high │
│ tech ambient and trancey energies hallmarked by sound architect Solar │
│ Fields. Following his successful first album "Reflective Frequencies" │
│ acclaimed by the international press as "the Swedish The │
│ orb...innovative and deep sound...", Magnus Birgersson once again │
│ confirms his multi-instrumentalist and sound designer talent. │
│ Get connected on [ Blue Moon Station ] via Confusion Illusion, │
│ intermeddling of various sound spaces, as much primitive as purely │
│ designed. Make your way through the streets and downtempo platforms of │
│ Elevator Sunshine Girl. Come back to harsh technological reality with a │
│ Cosmic Dessert and find refuge in the floating ethnic rest areas of │
│ Magic Eye. Move on in this self-governing city with Infection 286-7 │
│ trancey speed. After having run in the cityÆs first lights, why not │
│ enjoy total weightlessness with Magnetic Air? In fact, we shall leave it │
│ up to you now to feel and imagine the sequel of this story and to put │
│ your own words on these tracks : Majestic Feeling, Blue Moon Station │
│ (album version), Planet Zoo, Third Time (a-version) and Swimming with │
│ Stones. Since, let us not forget it, this dream lit music station offers │
│ so much freedom... │
│ Recorded in Sweden at the Studio Studio and mastered in France with the │
│ famous dutch engineer Huby Sea (Cassandra Complex, UMF rec, Mirage │
│ rec...) using the latest Protools version and "secret plug-ins". │
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│ Go to http://www.ultimae.com/ to get this great album!!! │
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│ review by Brian Voerding: │
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│ Solar Fields is electronic musician and composer Magnus Bigersson. │
│ Bigersson, who doggedly refuses to commit to a single specific genre, │
│ spins a compelling mix of ambient fairytales in his latest full-length │
│ offering, Blue Moon Station. │
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│ The record is a near-continuous soundscape which, unlike many │
│ tribal-beat influenced records, refuses to live and die by the beat. │
│ Rather, Bigersson explores heat and cold, engaging the typical │
│ ambient-oriented elements of atmospherics and drone. His eclectic, │
│ complex palatte of sounds ranges from harsh, digitally-filtered strings │
│ to the comfort of warm analog beeps and blips. │
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│ Blue Moon Station opens as a nighttime walk through unfamiliar │
│ neighborhoods, a detached soundscape built on swimming drones. Random │
│ noises echo from channel corners on "Confusion Illusion", as a pulsating │
│ bass gently pushes the ear forward. Without warning, a subtle crescendo │
│ into a filter sweep introduces the first tribal beat. Cold, anxious │
│ harmonies and thick atmospherics, combined with dedicated polyrhythm, │
│ dominate the first third of the record, radiating claustrophobia and │
│ constriction. │
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│ Breathy wood flute sings a yearning introductory melody in "Magic Eye", │
│ signaling a change from the previous dark, dense soundscapes. Initially, │
│ the beat lurks in the background, allowing sampled, alternating voices │
│ to dominate the composition, before rising as the prevalent element, │
│ driving the remainder of the song. Sparing atmospheric elements linger │
│ on open fifths before finally committing to major tonalities, filtering │
│ in warmth. The fifth, club-friendly offering, "Infection 368-7", seems │
│ curiously out of place, with a driving four-on-the-floor kick, cymbal │
│ splashes, and oscillating melodic rhythms. When the beat dies, the │
│ record resumes right where it left off with the spacious "Magnetic │
│ Feeling", resonant and rich in space. Delicate strings swirl and swell │
│ about, intermingling with cavernous echoes of percussion. This is a │
│ north pole seascape, glittering with white noise washes and warm analog │
│ blips. Background string orchestras with virtual bows produce open, │
│ sonorous harmonies. │
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│ From here the record delves deeper into exploration of ambience, filled │
│ with aural abstractions and polyrhythm. These offerings are relatively │
│ devoid of melody, focusing instead on atmospheric modulation and form. │
│ Bigersson's ambient writing brings a sense of watching the sun rise on a │
│ sleepless night, where contentment battles an unsettled, exhausted │
│ feeling. │
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│ Blue Moon Station favors thoughtfulness and subtlety, two elements │
│ apparently inaccessible to the masses of other electronic-minded │
│ musicians. Bigersson seems quite adept at betraying his minimalist │
│ nature, choosing less and allowing it to do more. His generations of │
│ random noise early on in the record demonstrate a certain sense of │
│ playfulness, a conscious ability to transcend a heavily processed, │
│ sequenced art form. Continuity is lacking; however, this is less of a │
│ downfall and more of a minor distraction. The occasional interruption of │
│ ambience with hard rhythms feels purposeful in nature. │
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│ Although not wildly innovative, Blue Moon Station is a nice, easily │
│ accessible addition to any ambient-lovers record shelf. │
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│ #http://www.windandwire.com/july04/blue_moon_station.htm │
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│ ┌──────────────────────────────[ Tracklist ]─────────────────────────────┐ │
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│ Blue Moon Station │
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│ 01. Solar Fields - Confusion Illusion 06:59 │
│ 02. Solar Fields - Elevator Sunshine Girl 06:00 │
│ 03. Solar Fields - Cosmic Dessert 05:58 │
│ 04. Solar Fields - Magic Eye 08:00 │
│ 05. Solar Fields - Infection 268-7 08:32 │
│ 06. Solar Fields - Magnetic Air 06:19 │
│ 07. Solar Fields - Majestic Feeling 09:32 │
│ 08. Solar Fields - Blue Moon Station (Album Version) 07:31 │
│ 09. Solar Fields - Planet Zoo 06:59 │
│ 10. Solar Fields - Third Time (A-Version) 06:23 │
│ 11. Solar Fields - Swimming with Stones 06:55 │
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│ 79:17 min │
│ 107,3 MB │
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