Ramp - Nodular (c) 1998 Manikin
Artist....: Ramp
Album.....: Nodular
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 06
Genre.....: Ambient
Label.....: Manikin
Catalogue#: MRCD 7032
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.discogs.com/release/527379
Tracklist:
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01 Intrip 06:15
02 Annular 06:50
03 Nodular 15:23
04 Angular 08:43
05 Before The Storm 17:06
06 Phasenverzerrung 18:57
Total:98,7 MB / 73:14 min
Release Notes:
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Amongst some people æin the knowÆ cassettes and CDRs of this band have
been circulating for quite some time. In fact it is a mystery to me why
they have not had an official album released before now. On four of
these tracks the band line up is Stephen Parsick and Frank Makowski.
Steven has been responsible for one of the best selling CDs for SMD
æTraces of The PastÆ he even contributed to the amazing title track of
the latest Mind Over Matter album æAvatarÆ. On top of all this he
brought out the incredible album æTrancesessionÆ with Lambert Ringlage.
Lambert helps out on two of the tracks here. Frank Makowski
collaborates with Stephen to provide something new, it could still be
described as æretroÆ but it certainly sounds very different to his solo
album or other collaborations. The opening number starts as a superb
drifter, caressing the deepest regions of the mind but then a
mesmerizing sequence forms which only lasts for a very short period of
time before we float into the second track which is a very cosmic
affair, I mean well out there man! We seamlessly move into track three,
a rumbling sequence heralding its start, this could really be a dead
ringer for RMI at their very sequential best. A wall of ever shifting
sound makes you feel as if you are watching a speeded up car chase
through a landscape of psychedelic colours. Just when you think things
are at overload they up the tension still further, things only starting
to relax a little at the ten minute mark but the sequences still rumble
and shift incredibly. The track lasts fifteen minutes but I could have
done with it encompassing a whole double album, no, make that five CD
boxed set! The next track is a soothing number to recover from the
mayhem of before. This takes us nicely to æBefore the StormÆ which is
an appropriately titled cosmic masterpiece complete with celestial
choir effects. Then we have the final number æPhasenverzerrungÆ- Holy
Monkfish! Here we move into Node territory, with everything cranked up
to earthquake proportions and lead lines sizzling through the sonic
sequential bombardment. At around the eleven minute mark the chugging
sequence mutates into something that sounds like a train from hell but
then a most glorious delicate sequence plays over the top with heavy
synth pads underpining everything. This album represents the perfect
combination of calm and absolute carnage. An essential purchase. (DL)
-SMD
http://www.synthmusicdirect.com/nodular.cfm