Artist................... Brendan Pollard
Album.....................Expansion
Label.....................Acoustic Wave
Genre.....................Electronic
Release...................11/16/2005
Street....................10/17/2005
Encoder...................LAME 3.97 beta
Quality...................--aps 44.1kHz/joint
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01. Tegula 19:10
02. Toxic Blue 24:55
03. Nebulous 07:08
04. Valve 07:12
05. Aquarius 02:30
The genre of Spacemusic was born out of a hand-full of
albums released by a few Berlin based groups in the
mid-1970s. Since that time, a great deal of music has
been created which owes much to this faction's inspired
early work. Of the multitude of albums produced, only a
few manage to accurately re-create the mysterious moods
and sprawling scale found on the originals. Add to this
constellation Expansion (60'55") by Brendan Pollard.
This album aspires to something beyond the mere
imitation of the classics. Pollard's work is more about
rediscovering the spacious minimalism responsible for
the enigmatic character of the original than it is the
process of moment-by-moment recreation. Along with an
arsenal of vintage instruments, key in producing the
hallmark sounds of classic cosmic music, is Pollard's
sense of pacing, arrangement and scale. He comprehends
that everything worthwhile is happening between the
notes. Melodic and harmonic content is provided by an
abundance of time-honored Mellotron sounds and
synthesizer tones. His lead lines hover wistfully above
the throbbing pulse of interlocking, multi-layered
sequencer patterns which race ahead then diminish into
swirling atonal ether. The compositions are restrained,
rendered without any sharp edges, and posses an
authenticity of both tone and mood - right down to the
yearning of a generation seeking to find its place in
the cosmos.
We use LAME 3.97 now, which is approved.
60:55 min
77,6 Mb