information
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artist : Rolan Vega
title : Documentary
label : Community Library
cat : CL14
date : 2007
style : Ambient
bitrate : VBRkbps
filesize : 45,0 MB
source : CDDA
notes
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'Documentary' is the debut album from Chicago-based producer and
analogue synthesizer fetishist Rolan Vega and continues label
Community Library's murky journey into the world of library music
after touching on the themes with Project Perfect's 'PM+'. Using
repeating synth lines, vintage step-sequencing and the kind of
textures you'd expect to hear on a BBC Radiophonic Workshop
related album Rolan Vega takes us into a land of wildlife
documentaries, science shows, lost 60s art films and forgotten New
York no-wave experiments. The first thing most of you would
probably bring to mind is Boards of Canada, since the Scottish
brothers did indeed tackle similar subject matter and Vega's hazy
synthesis easily brings to mind their early work - but then I
would even say that Vega captures this sound a little more
clearly, resisting the temptation to lavish the tracks with
electronic beats. Occasionally he does introduce a pulsing rhythm,
most obviously on the killer '4 Autim' which takes the hissing
tape recorded sounds into areas more associated with Hardwax or
Basic Channel, but for the most part this is an album solely
concerned with the sound of synthesizers and not drum machines.
Fans of mid-70s progressive rock and Krautrock should get a kick
out of tracks such as 'Motion Crisis' and 'Something Wrong with
Today' then as fuzzy arpeggios trip and fall over each other
reminding me of some of my favourite sci fi and horror film scores
from the era, most obviously Rick Wakeman's killer solo work for
'The Burning', but I digress. This is a varied and hugely
enjoyable collection of innovative electronic music, electronic
music that is uncluttered by laptop trickery and the tired modern
world and is much happier stopping at around 1981, and that's
really just what I want to hear right now. An excellent and hugely
enjoyable album.
Note: some tracks are lo-fi and created using analogue equipment,
so bitrates are low. Nothing I can do about it!
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playlist details
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01. Painted by Children 01:16
02. Motion Crisis (Featuring Mr. Perkins) 03:22
03. Surface Cleanse 02:59
04. Viva Myria 02:39
05. Skypoint Fall 01:04
06. Playlite 03:52
07. Bells of York 01:18
08. Lense Flare on 01:26
09. 4 Autiim 05:04
10. Nether 01:51
11. Surface Cleanser 03:58
12. Morning Call 02:04
13. Something Wrong with Today 02:41
14. Guitav 01:54
15. Documentary 04:46
40:14 min