Artist : Elian
Album : Whispers, Then Silence
Year : 2010
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 226kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 53m
Size : 91.87mb
Label : Home Normal
Catalognr : HN017
Tracklist:
01. Whispers, Then Silence 15:06
02. The Happy Cynicism Of A Creative Mind 9:50
03. Sea-Sick Sailors 12:46
04. Magnification And Minimization 8:20
05. Lesson In Never Again 7:50
Releasenotes:
To say Michael Duane Ferrell (the man behind the Elian moniker) is a patient man
would be something of an understatement. But then the work of Elian is all
incredibly understated anyway, so it all fits nicely. I first heard ElianÆs work
through mutual contacts, my first experience being æWe Are All Visitors HereÆ on
the rather wonderful Test Tube label. In fact, if you go over the work he has
released, you will instantly notice a person who clearly takes his time and
treats each album as a labour of love in the fullest sense.
The album æWhispers, Then SilenceÆ was actually one of the first albums I got
for release on Home Normal, all the way back in December 2009. Along with Celer,
offthesky and Library Tapes, it was one of the albums which defined exactly what
Home Normal would be for me. Its very special that we have been able to wait,
tweak and just get everything timed perfectly for the release, which it duly
has. The album is about as broad a record as weÆve released and about as
ambitious a work that I have ever heard. From the opening vibraphone of its
title track, through the interspersed white noise static and disturbing
light-dark-dark-light melodies sourced from various instruments, you are left
with the feeling of absolute and complete imagination. Always changing, never
still, it keeps you suspended in its entirety, in (as one friend of mine said)
æa horror film stateÆ.
Whilst I get this, it doesnÆt fit for me. There is often a very limiting split
in so called æminimalÆ work for me: light airy fluffy drone or dark ædoomÆ drone
work, and quite frankly I am bored of both. Where this work is truly great is in
its ability to cross the line between organic and electronic, accessible and
inaccessible, dark and light. The melodies are totally unique and its a voice
quite unlike anyone else out there today. It doesnÆt fit into any scene or exact
definition, and whilst that may put some people off, it shouldnÆt. For those who
are as patient as the man himself, sit down and enjoy, you are in for one
incredible ride.
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