Artist................... Embrase
Album.....................Dreamworld
Label.....................Groove Unilimited
Genre.....................New Age
Release...................04/06/2006
Street....................xx/xx/2005
Encoder...................LAME 3.97 beta
Quality...................--aps 44.1kHz/joint
# NAME TiME
01. Mysterious Landscape 01:24
02. Soundtracking 06:36
03. Come on 05:17
04. Underwater Secrets 07:14
05. Time is Killing 10:03
06. Dreamworld 08:01
07. First Movements 10:44
08. Blue Ambiance 06:41
09. Moving to the Limit 05:13
10. E-Motional Sequencing 09:07
11. Journey to the Unknown 05:29
12. Less is More 03:28
Embrase is Marc Bras, a Dutch electronic musician, and
Dreamworld is his debut release. I would categorize his
style as ômelodic Berlin school,ö with a strong
emphasis on emotion and composition to go along with
the synths and sequencing.
For example, ôCome Onö is the sort of irresistibly
catchy tune that gets stuck in your head for days.
The majesty and musical imagery in the opening moments
of ôUnderwater Secretsö would do Vangelis proud. But I
especially like the dramatic opening of the disc.
ôMysterious Landscapeö starts with piano and a light
smattering of synths. It is graceful and restrained,
yet commands attention. As this leads into
ôSoundtrackingö and it moves into its opening sequence,
a masterful drawing in of the listener has taken place.
His musical expression reminds me much of Ron Boots,
who mastered the album.
ôTime Is Killingö sounds like it could be a Boots
composition, or perhaps a Tangerine Dream piece around
the Underwater Sunlight period. Judicious rhythms and
bass wrap around synth pads to open the title track,
again a very familiar Boots style. That may be due in
part to the presence of Harold van der Heijden on
drums, who fills the same role on several Boots CDs.
ôFirst Movementsö features a low bass sequence, crisp
cymbals, and awesome synth work that all begs to be
driving music, turned up good and loud. The great tunes
just keep coming, culminating in two excellent closing
numbers.
ôJourney to the Unknownö has an awesome beat and could
again be taken for a TD piece from the mid-80s.
ôLess Is Moreö would be a hit single if people were
more accepting of music without lyrics.
Dreamworld is an excellent debut, hopefully with more
to come.
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