Mario Schonwalder - Hypnotic Beats
Release Date.: 01-08-2006
Street Date..: 00-00-0000
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Electronic
Playtime.....: 79:49 min
Grabber......: Audiograbber
Encoder......: Lame 3.90.3
Quality......: VBR APS
Rippers Notes:
This is much more than a straight re-issue as one
track has been extended and another replaced.
Apparently this is how the album was originally
intended to be. Soft cosmic pads and tinkling bell
like percussion give 'Moogazyn' a very relaxed start.
In the second minute a deep bass rhythm (that will
test the speakers) starts up. It is relatively slow
in pace but even so will get those ornaments shaking
on the shelves. I could just hear a sequence starting
to build low in the mix. Lead lines come and go but
they are rather subtle, playing a supportive role to
the rhythmic content. Some will find this track
simply too repetitive but I found it, as the album
title suggests, rather hypnotic but also powerful
stuff.s
Rhythms again feature prominently on 'A Dream, Merely
a Dream'. This time they are of a more shuffling
variety with supporting Shulzian type lead lines and
occasional drum flourishes. There is quite a bit
going on here if you take the time to listen
carefully as the track slowly evolves. It is a
wonderful piece which was mesmerizing in both rhythm
and melodic departments. I played it three times
before moving on to the next track! I did eventually
make it as far as 'The Garden of Sanssouci'. This is
the track, which has been extended. As I don't have
the original I am not sure by how much but I suspect
that as we are now pushing the new maximum running
time of eighty minutes it is by quite a bit. It
starts off slowly in atmospheric mode. Gradually a
plucked string loop becomes more prominent then
suddenly explodes! A slow melodic sequence / loop
emerges from the aftermath and bounces along quite
nicely, a meandering lead line soon falling into
place around it. As with the opener it all becomes
rather hypnotic until we return to swirling
atmospherics and gently looping percussion in the
ninth minute. A sequence emerges again a few minutes
later, this time accompanied by the most strident
lead so far.
'Niemandsland' uses some really cool processed string
sounds as if hearing a cello playing but on the edge
of a fevered dream. A slow sequence starts up and we
continue to the end of this short track in moody
brooding fashion. The twenty-minute title track is
next, featuring Harald Grosskopf on drums. It starts
in a similar fashion to its predecessor, that is
atmospheric but with attitude and just the slightest
amount of subtle percussion. A nice thick bass
sequence starts to form accompanied by a higher
register one. Harald then starts up quite a groove
around the pulsations. Lead lines nestle perfectly in
the middle of the mix. Subtlety is the order of the
day. This isn't bludgeoning stuff, more mind
caressing. In the eleventh minute things take a
slight change in direction becoming somewhat more
mournful. This feeling continues over to the last
track, 'White Tower'. This is the new one but it is
only three minutes long. Nevertheless it does provide
a good melancholy conclusion.
Tracklist:
01 - Moogazyn [21:49]
02 - A Dream Merely A Dream [07:46]
03 - The Garden of Sanssouci [21:45]
04 - Niemandsland [04:34]
05 - Hypnotic Beats [20:56]
06 - White Tower [02:59]
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