Redshift - Last (c) 2007 Distant Sun
Artist....: Redshift
Album.....: Last
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 06
Genre.....: Ambient
Label.....: Distant Sun
Catalogue#: DS 009
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.discogs.com/release/1115653
Tracklist:
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01 Tormentor 16:32
02 Nightshift 04:16
03 Last 10:56
04 Long Way Out 03:40
05 Damage 19:58
06 Torn 10:22
Total:83,4 MB / 65:44 min
Release Notes:
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Recorded live at the Hamphire Jam 5 festival in the UK on 21 October
2006. Mixed at Distant Sun 2007.
http://www.redshift.biz/
Founded in 1996 by Mark Shreeve, the band's lineup currently consists
of Mark Shreeve, Julian Shreeve, and James Goddard. Rob Jenkins, a band
member for most of the group's existence, left prior to their seventh
album Redshift VII - Oblivion. The band's style ranges from Berlin
School to dark ambient. Their sound is largely dependent upon older
synthesiser technology, notably instruments such as the Moog 3C, which
they combine with more recent digital technology.
Last" features music which Redshift played live on Hampshire Jam 5 in
October 2006. For this concert, Redshift performed as a trio, as no
other than Ian Boddy joined Mark and Julian Shreeve on electric piano,
synthesizers, software and sampler. For years, Redshift is known for
their strong retro music (with a dynamic concert when they perform
live) which has the versatile outcome of Mark Shreeve's huge modular
system as core sound. The music on "Last" still contains a lot of
great pumping sequencing and varied vintage sounds, but one can also
not deny some slight experimental edges popping up in the music. In
general, this applies to the transitions between the six tracks, and
e.g. the pieces "Nightshift" and the title track. This element gives
the overall music something extra, adventurous and daring.
It makes the outcome a bit less predictable, but in the end and after
various listens, the album still sparkles in its own way.
2007. Bert Strolenberg Sonicimmersion.org
There is presently nothing out there to match the power of Redshift.
Starting from the groundbreaking Phaedra, their music traces an
unbroken line across 30 years of innovative spacemusic. The live album
Last (65'44") contains all the mad poetry and quiet drama one has come
to expect from this group's endeavors.
From space-eating atonal sound collage to excruciatingly intricate
sequencer manipulations, there is nowhere for the listener to hide in
this music. Founding member Mark Shreeve provides the power and
direction. His hands-on, on-the-fly, in-the-moment approach to
performance runs opposite to the safe digital concerts of the laptop
generation. His music really breathes, and sometimes pants, as the
musicians meld together into a potent sonic force - which is at the
foundation of this mode of expression.
With faithfulness to the soul, form, content and passion of the
original, Redshift is extending beyond the vision of its inspirator.
2007. Chuck van Zyl / Star's End