Lingua Fungi - Flowery Dreams -Promo- (c) 2006 WOP
Artist....: lingua fungi
Album.....: flowery dreams
Type......: album
Source....: cdda
Tracks....: 08
Genre.....: ambient
Rel.Date..: jul-22-2006
Label.....: WOP
Catalogue#: 23
Encoder...: lame 3.90.3 mod vbr
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1Hz / joint-stereo
URL.......: http://www.waroffice.org
Tracklist:
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01 for you little seed 05:40
02 branches 09:05
03 nightly gardens 05:46
04 her leaves in gold and silver 04:20
05 vision quest 08:58
06 lucid dreams 05:22
07 bloom 06:50
08 hope you wont wither 05:34
Total:70,4 MBB / 51:35 min
Release Notes:
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Please note that the poor sound quality of this Promo is as is on the CD.
Bad mastering no doubt as the sound distortion is apparent when the music
builds in volume.
"Lingua Fungi is a new Finnish project by Jaakko Padatsu. Lingua Fungi
has no connection to the darker aspects of the world, such as war, as
opposed to many other War Office Propaganda projects. Lingua Fungi
concerns itself the speech of mushrooms, according to the name of the
project, and the world of nature.
"Percussions instruments combined with snare instruments with a soft
soundscape in the background form Lingua Fungi. The songs have a touch
of folk, combined with the ambient aspect. For example, I would
classify the track æFor You, Little SeedÆ under ambient music, while
the tracks æBranchesÆ and æNightly GardensÆ can be considered
instrumental folk for the most part. However, these three songs, the
first three on the CD, merge perfectly together. æFor You, Little SeedÆ
slowly accumulates a more rhythmic nature, while æBranchesÆ and æNightly
GardensÆ have many fragments of instrumental music, containing several
different instruments. Though many parts of the music are rhythmic, the
music doesnÆt lose its ambient aspect, because the rhythmic fragments
always die down into the ambient soundscape which is constantly
accompanying them. It is important to note that all instrumental music
is performed by mr. Padatsu himself, which is quite interesting. However,
that fact obviously makes a live performance impossible, unless Jaakko
Padatsu is extremely creative.
"Although the first three songs on the CD resemble each other in more
ways than one, this ends when æHer leaves in Gold and SilverÆ begins.
Purely an ambient work, it conjures images of mysterious forests or
mountain glades. æVision Quest,Æ named after a native American ritual
of self-exploration, begins with an instrumental part, after which it
changes to something fluctuating and primal. æLucid DreamsÆ is almost
purely ambient, as if æBloom,Æ though the latter creates somewhat of a
darker atmosphere compared to the other tracks on the CD. æHope You
WonÆt WitherÆ has a more æmodernÆ feel to it, because Jaakko used
distortions and electric tones extensively.
"This CD is thoroughly enjoyable, however, while listening to the music,
I canÆt shake the feeling of having heard this before. The idea of this
particular type of ambient music is hardly original and it has a lot in
common with its predecessors. Also, many instruments appear in every track
in exactly the same manner, creating a seemingly repetitive framework
around the music seems to be structured, but this combines the songs
into one whole. So, in the end, though it is interesting, the music
doesnÆt necessarily stand out in a crowd."