Showing posts with label slow six. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slow six. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

perhaps no person in the twentieth century had a larger impact in north american society than margaret singer

I’ve been getting these annoying headaches over the past few days or so, mostly due to the lack of sleep from too much excitement and from endless school work. Being the music fanatic I am, I have my music to cure each sickness (most of you know about my Bob Dylan routine)... at the moment, Slow Six’s album Private Times In Public Places is my medicine for the ongoing headaches simply for the fact that it is a gorgeous album! The opening track, "This Is Your Last Chance (Before I Sleep)" beings with radio tuning: sounds such as white noise, baseball commentaries, talk show, etc. This technological confusion is eventually drowned by the scenically quiet and calming melodies carried by the Rhodes piano, electric guitar, and the violin. Ultimately, the violin crescendo at 18:00 put the finishing touches to this picturesque opening track. "Evening Without Atonement" acts as a continuation of the calming sensation that the first track had on the listeners; however, towards to last half of the song, there seem to be a developing sense of urgency. In "The Lines We Walked When We Walked Once Together", the closing track to Private Times In Public Places, urgency turns into confusion and later, panic. Fortunately, the hostile and chaos plunges into nothingness at 17:00 and the feeling of possibility begins and finishes off this absolutely imaginative album.

This Is Your Last Chance (Before I Sleep) [wicked-cool song]
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Slow Six: Private Times In Public Placesbuy Private Times In Public Places here

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

chromatic clouds surround

I am a huge fan of both classical and ambient music, and if you are too, you would definitely enjoy Slow Six’s brand new album, Nor'easter. So, how do I describe Slow Six? Well... first, throw in pieces by the virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini or string arrangements by Final Fantasy; mix them with Arvo Pärt’s Alina or the work of Feist’s personal producer, Gonzales; and lastly, blend them all with the atmospheric characteristics of Air and Eluvium. What makes Nor'easter such a stunning album is the timing of the instruments. The points where the instruments enter and depart during the songs produce complex layers to the record. So, as I have hinted at the beginning, if you are a fan of classical and ambient, you must hear Nor'easter!

The Pulse Of This Skyline With Lightning Like Nerves [wicked-cool song]
Echolalic Transitions [wicked-cool song]
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