Artist................... AirSculpture
Album.....................TranceAtlantic
Label.....................Neu Harmony
Genre.....................Electronic
Release...................11/26/2005
Street....................00/00/0000
Encoder...................LAME 3.97 beta
Quality...................--aps 44.1kHz/joint
# NAME TiME
Cd1
01. Walk the Locust Part One 33:19
02. Walk the Locust Part Two 25:19
03. Walk the Locust Part Three 04:00
Cd2
01. Tranceatlantic Part One 37:47
02. Tranceatlantic Part Two 19:32
03. Tranceatlantic Part Three 09:59
These recordings were taken from the band's US 'Tour'
in 2004. The first disc features Parts 1 to 3 of 'Walk
The Locust' from their 'Gatherings' concert. After a
welcome from concert organizer Chuck Van Zyl the most
beautiful melancholy piano playing comes wafting,
echoing through the air showing that Adrian is a pretty
damned good keyboard player as well as programmer.
Those fingers can actually move as well as twiddle
knobs. Soft synth touches float underneath giving added
texture. As the last piano notes fade into the distance
a complex sequence sends notes darting this way and
that creating quite a mesmerizing melody. It increases
in volume very gradually as the underlying pads swell
and little melotron melodies nestle amongst the
pulsations. A rhythm makes an entrance. It is rather
delicate but just as intricate as the sequence. By the
half way mark lead lines are becoming more frequent but
are in support of the hypnotic sequence rather than
manic solos.
At around twenty minutes in the sequence departs to be
replaced by a chugging rhythm only to return in a
different form. More lovely ethereal melodies float
above the note runs. With nine minutes to go we descend
to a lovely soft sonic tapestry, finishing as we
started with beautiful piano. At twenty-five minutes
duration the second part is another long trip beginning
with nightmarish swamp like noises. Little sonic
droplets mix with disturbing uneasy high register
electronic effects. It is an incredible mixture of
sounds that reaches quite a cacophony- AirSculpture at
their most abstract. A flutey synth lead line does
eventually make an entrance giving that bit of softness
to proceedings. We descend to near silence out of which
a shimmering cymbal emerges before being suddenly
shaken back to wakefulness as a train thunders past!
There is a surprise going on every minute. The train is
replaced by deep dark drones as if we have been dragged
down to the very pits of Hell.
A wonderful 'Rubycon' type sequence blasts forth soon
followed by another excellent rapid high register one.
Things become even more intense as a growling lead
surges up from the middle of the mix. The original
sequences depart and a softer one replaces them,
calming things down once more until the original brace
return- mellotron completing the picture beautifully.
The Third Part, at only four minutes long, is very
short compared to the two previous epics but it wastes
no time getting straight into rather manic sequences.
We again finish with the piano.
The Second Disc features the three-part title track. It
was taken from the late night live radio concert they
did after the gig. And it is almost a continuation of
where they left that concert off, with delicate piano.
When we are nicely calmed and relaxed a sequence starts
to emerge, a really nice gently pulsating echoing one.
This is allowed to run for some time, hypnotising us
before a second moves into formation with the first. By
the seventeenth minute we have transcended to an
abstract swirling section, ideal for the late night
setting of the performance. Things become increasingly
cosmic and 'out there'. Some really amazing sounds are
used- can't imagine many of these being pre-sets! The
piano returns again right at the end. 'Part two' begins
with tinkling electronic effect and a shimmering pulse.
It is as if we are in some spaceship listening to the
gentle sounds of equipment around us. Things become
more ethereal as we progress. A sequence enters in the
seventh minute bringing us firmly back to Earth. It
begins as a high register one but slowly and very
cleverly morphs to rumbling bass full of menace.
Another splashing percussive sequence is brought into
play and the excitement level momentarily increases but
as the pulsations seep into your very consciousness
they become more calming and soothing, steadying the
heart once more. The final part starts with a very deep
sequence, more of a rumble really, very low in the mix.
It gradually rises in prominence but even so can be
felt as much as heard. This really is doom laden
ominous stuff and one hell of a test on the speakers'
frequency range! A brighter sequence is brought into
play in the fourth minute acting as the perfect foil to
the first, fairly skipping over the top. It is almost
as if 'The Darkness' takes this as a challenge however
and the backing swells in threatening response. What a
superb but also uneasy way to finish!
Despite the word 'trance' in the title there is nothing
remotely dancey about this album but rather (as well as
the obvious pun) it refers to the effect the music will
probably have on you. Even though there are some great
sequences and rhythms here this isn't, for the most
part, AirSculpture in sledgehammer mode. Rather they
are being truer to their name, creating wonderful
spellbinding structures - works of art in their own
right, out of pure air.
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