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Ageless winds sweep into Bislama, carrying seamlessly intertwined synth-and-vocal drones; faraway rumbles, shifting sands, light ethnobeats and tranquilly chiming notes are all part of these splendid atmospheres which morph and swirl. Rumbling thunder, glaring textures and tinkling droplets set the expansive audioscene of Offering, through which smooth electronic streams flow, eventually laced with breathy gusts, percolating notes and faint rhythms. Deep, brooding passages leading to
Satari are overlain with instrument-like strands resonate on multiple levels, emenating from overtone singer, Cole. Mutedly sparkling sequences cycle through the piece's middle.
Tibetan bells add softly clangorous accents to the spiraling voice-and-electronics of
Theidea (4:56) which recedes into nothingness, from which entrancing
Sanguine Moon arises; insectoid calls provide a naturalistic backdrop for Cole's self-harmonizing falsettos and deeper gutteral utterances as well as AWM's gamelan, percussion and bass sounds. The spirited piece becomes comparatively funky.
A vocal-free zone, Waking the Divine explores sweet-though-mysterious worlds by way of radiant synths, ethnic-style beats and ambient guitar.
Cole improvises the amorphously fluctuating vocal chords which hover over the tranquil Eastern stylings of Samui (11:09), peppered with distant drumbeats. (And, I wouldn't brag if I weren't proud... the packaging art/design represents my first "real world" CD cover, thanks to Greg and Jim.)
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