ARTIST:.......: Ron Boots
TITLE:........: Ante Oculos
TYPE:.........: Retail
LABEL:........: Groove Unlimited
CATNO:........: GR-187
GENRE:........: Ambient
LANG:.........: English
QUALITY:......: 262 kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
CODEC.........: LAME 3.100 -V0
SOURCE:.......: WEB
GRABBER:......: UKW
TRACKS:.......: 7
SIZE:.........: 133.17
LENGTH........: 01:07:38
RELEASE YEAR:.: 2011-00-00
RIP DATE:.....: 2020-12-15
T R A C K L I S T
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1. Ad Temporum Sidelines 7:55
2. Xenophobes and Other Weirdos!! 7:37
3. Ante Oculos 15:37
4. Can We Predict? Part 1 11:14
5. Can We Predict? Part 2 11:54
6. The Sorrow Remains Of Things That Past 7:39
7. Sole Novum 5:42
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Total 67:38 min
R E L E A S E N O T E S
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http://ronboots.bandcamp.com/album/ante-oculos
Shortly after the excellent album ôLa Caida De Harmigonö, Ron Boots
releases ôAnte Oculosö. Ante Oculos is an expression from art. The biggest
part of this album contains the music that ôBig Ronö and his friends Eric
van der Heijden (synthesizers), Harold van der Heijden (drums), Frank
Dorittke (FD Project, guitar) and (new friend) Jamie OÆCallaghan (electric
violin and synthesizers) played at a concert in the planetarium of the
German city Bochum. This music is somewhat more ôspaceyö than we are
accustomed of by Ron. The theme of the album is 2012, the year we are
living in and the year in which (according the Mayans and Nostradamus) the
end of the world will come.
Everything Ron does, solo or together with his musical friends, is of high
quality. ôAnte Oculosö opens nice and rich with ôAd Iemporum Sidelinesö
that calls upon a wonderful atmosphere. With this track, Ron that he is
(also) a master in space/ambientmusic. ôXenophobes And Other Weirdos!!ö is
more percussive but again breaths an excellent atmosphere. Also, strings
from the famous Mellotron are used here. Jamie OÆCallaghan can be heard of
the electric violin in the great titletrack. The combination between the
violin and BootsÆ ambientsounds are well found and something we donÆt hear
so much in electronic music. Hopefully, the two will continue working
together in the future. Slowly, this composition develops into more
rhythmic work but the atmosphere is not forgotten. ôCan We Predict? Part 1ö
Is almost pure ambient and in ôCan We Predict? Part 2ö a metallic rhythm is
added, as well as a Vangelis-like solosound (from the impressive Yamaha
CS80 synthesizer or a software version of it). Talking about interesting
combinations: Frank Dorittke (FD Project) plays his Mike Oldfield electric
guitarsoloÆs in ôThe Sorrow Remains Of Things That Pastö.
With ôAnte Oculosö Ron proves that is also very well at home in spacemusic.
The album asks for more concerts in a special place like a planetarium. Ron
remains the best and most important electronic musician from the
Netherlands.
released January 13, 2016