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Splendor is an apt-enough title for the rising swell of joyously dancing notes and synth-voice choir which opens the more-than-70 minute disc of beatless, mainly analog sounds. Humming with golden energy, 18k is a vaporous veil of shimmer and drone. Trickling water flows behind Thee Divine Imagination which wafts in slow, soft layers of sound which expand majestically.
The Solar Disc emits a spacey vibe within its darker, cycling patterns.
Sweetly melodic overtones sweep over the surface of Solis Artus, while rollicking notes trill beneath. Even prettier, Faerie Magick revels in a simply lovely medieval tone. Tiny choirs are backed by a blur of woodwind- and organ-like accompaniment in this gleaming little jewel.
Flutey strains twine through Spiritus Lenitatis which basks in a radiant haze while following an almost-Oriental rhythm. Lovely, dense and animated are three adjectives which could eaily be pinned onto the rolling soundwaves of Kozmotron. Illumination is a hypnotically repeating motif which forms a seemingly endless interlocking pattern which surrounds the listener, before fading away.
Aethyria (11:22) is a gritty industrial space drone journeying through the deeper realms of the cosmos; while not as "pretty" as most of its companion pieces, the stellar wind, buzzing e-drone and void squall are beautiful in their own right.
Like celebrational music from some neo-medieval space castle, Un Danse Petite (2:03) blends ancient styles with modern electronics. The sun sets with
Solis Occasus which also seems somehow electro-Gothic (but not Goth) in its demeanor.
Steven may be e-mailed at revfever@olywa.net and Thee Divine Imagination may be ordered from:
Aethyr Productions,
PO Box 1664,
Olympia, WA 98507-1664,
USA
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