Various Artists
– Oumuamua – 2020 – Alrealon Musique – cassette/download - ALRN077
Tracklist:
1. Animals
againt Humans - Bewitchers
2. Datadrift -
Night Theme 2
3. Sagana Squale - Wendy's not here
4. Pas Musique
- What's Behind The Tent Door
5. [ówt krì]
- Mirror World
6. Jan
Swinburne - Time Depths
7. Xcreenplay -
Unconventional Pathways
8. Sarana -
Reuwas
9. Mark Harris
& JOHN 3:16 - Procession
10. The
Mannequin Factory - Arriving
11. subduxtion
- The Frost Line
12. Alberto -
New Life
13. BLK TAG -
to absorb the soil // the fatness of the earth
14. A.M. Boys -
And Yet
15. John E
Smoke - 95000kph
16. Eyryx -
Seuls Contre Tous
Both images are from the AlrealonBandCamp.
A
Conversation in Understanding Ancient Space Travel.
Named
after a comet, in fact Oumuamua was the first object spotted by man to be
moving through the solar system, so I begin to get why we are understanding
ancient space travel.
This
release on Alrealon, (a label based jointly in France, Switzerland and the USA)
is adorned with amazing paintings by Robert L. Pepper. His paintings and other
work can all be seen here. The artwork compliments the music well – as something
starts to become recognisable, it becomes something else entirely - repeatedly.
The
varied works on this compilation reach a certain sense of universal abstraction
and in some cases, they are loosely psychedelic. To break this album down,
track by track debunks it, I tried doing that and it smothered its beauty.
Ambient
passages and some elements of noise in individual works as they begin to
present themselves. There are periods of delicate, subtle electronica and raw
experimentation of sounds and microphone crackling which make for platforms of
which work takes off on its travel only to take a different course upon the
next track as glaring sharp ambient drones build a suspenseful, haunted passage
of journey that takes many different directions.
Timelessness
is a word that comes into my mind a lot with this album, I have mentioned Ambient,
Electronica and experimentation, but they are used in the context of loose
terms as they are methods that can be pinpointed, yet there is a stylistically lack
of commitment to many of the tracks. The theme of Space travel and the abstract
nature of many of the works ties it all together whilst the mixture still breathes
and flows as one – as this happens I feel myself travel across the decades, things
eventually become blurred and I am caught in timelessness throughout the album.
There
was one section where I thought I was caught in some epic Prog build up, but
then the rhythms kept broke down and sounds started looping themselves –
expectation was pointless as the mind is disorientated massively. There are
some shamelessly retrospective sounds spot welded onto modern sounds and just when
vocals appear, they are warped and treated beyond coherence - things are always
kept to just the right level of unfocussed.
This
is a great compilation, that flows perfectly through the furthest parts of the
galaxy. I recommend this album to any listener. Good work.
Nevis
Kretini 2020.
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