Work of dark, yet spacious ambience of a highly visual and
"Constructed over two years of sonic experimentation, theĭebut album from Hypnos label founder M Griffin is a The feel is of deep, haunting,Įmotional sound sculptures traveling slowly through the "Totally cosmic space music that really drifts through tracks from "Immobile," "Displace," "Almost Invisible"), and the closing of one'sĮyes during the immersion in these environments greatly aid in theĪctualization of the pieces' titles. Placid states and environments ("The Sound of Ringing Sleep," Griffin's pieces in fact suggest various sorts of Resemble the gradual erosion of heavy metals seep into great aquifers of Multicolored waves of electronics gust and billow across stark,įorbidden landscapes sonic blips sometimes appear on the horizon andįorm disturbing cyclic eddies ("Gyre") while on "Atmosphera," tones that "Griffin's own Sudden Dark is indicative of the label's high caliber. Musicotherapy and feelings of a serious research on neurological effects I seems to find in this splendid work traces of Listeners can play it many and many times During the 19-minute span of "Displace," the soundscapes are given the freedom to breath slowly, evolving a sense of relaxed density from the minimal tones.Īs a brief vocal incidence softly declares: "In all this darkness, we're almost invisible." This defines the music on this CD: sonic visions of negation and the aspects which the human mind chooses to fill such tangible voids." The compositions are generally compact, with only two pieces taking extended duration to examine the unnerving tranquillity of darkness. This brooding is not organic in nature though, instead exhibiting the stoic lassitude of inanimate matter. From the sedate "The Sound of Ringing Sleep" to the airiness of "Floating Rain" to the denser confines of "Immobile," the music displays a brooding quality. With these electronic excursions, Griffin explores various states of darkness.
"Suddenly everything is dark, a void that stretches forever without light or identity. "Well-thought out drone structures which pull the listener into a pool of
"Top 25 releases of 1997." -Bill Binkelman, Wind and Wire magazine "Disc of the Year." -Deep Listenings magazine, Italy Subtle and atmospheric minimal ambient by the Hypnos founder.
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