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Artist: Sinoia Caves
Album: The Enchanter Persuaded
Label: Brah/Jagjaguwar
Playtime: 50:16 min
Genre: Indie
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Rip date: 2007-01-24
Street date: 2006-12-05
Size: 78 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: VBR kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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The Enchanter Persuaded, the debut album from Black Mountain keyboardist
Jeremy Schmidt (billed here as Sinoia Caves), is a nice example of the
early-21st century's fascination with synthesizers. Unlike his
contemporaries, who tend to echo new wave acts, Schmidt draws inspiration
from a different pack of synth gods -- bands that boasted cosmic monikers
like Tangerine Dream and Hawkwind, musicians who wielded their Moogs and
Mellotrons like mighty swords. And as such, this album shouldn't be viewed as
a particularly innovative work but rather as an adept tribute to the analog
wizards of the mid-'70s and early '80s. The standout tracks here are the
soundscapes, which echo Tangerine Dream's Phaedra both in terms of the vast
aural territory covered and in terms of actual length. "Dwarf Reaching the
Arch Wonder" and "Sundown in the New Arcades (Milky Way Echo)" make for over
half an hour of galactic terrain built on sheet after sheet of analog synth
and Mellotron effects. There's a definite sense of composition here; every
whoosh and drone serves the structure, and Schmidt does a good job of keeping
these sprawling compositions under tight rein. Shorter, acoustic guitar and
vocoder-knit tracks like "Naro Way" and "Through the Valley" are a nice break
from the epic stuff going on elsewhere, and they'll probably draw more than a
few comparisons to some of the tracks on Air's 10,000 Hz Legend. From the
druggy green cover art right down to the humid, slightly grimy production,
The Enchanter Persuaded is a convincing period piece, not to mention a
fitting showcase for Schmidt's impressive synth sorcery.
Tracks
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01. Dwarf Reaching the Arch Wonder (16:07)
02. Naro Way ( 2:36)
03. Through the Valley ( 3:45)
04. The Wicker Chair ( 2:50)
05. Sundown in the New Arcades (Milky Way Echo) (18:52)
06. Evil Ball ( 6:06)
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