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| Griffin (hosgriffin@gmail.com) |
2015/05/13 16:04 |
Pyramid Peak - Evolution.nfo
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Evolution
Artist: Pyramid Peak
Year: 2007
Genre: New Age / Electronic / Ambient
DESCRIPTION
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The opener 'Gravity' simply has to be a homage to 'Exit' period TD. The sound palette and compositional style are spot on for that era. Indeed the whole track is just perfect. Notes are struck and left to fade into the distance. A slow beautiful flutey melody drifts through the ether. A sequence starts up. Another melodic sequence bubbles to the surface taking us back to those heady days when our heroes still had something exciting to say. This second sequence gains in power all the time whilst a stonking lead line hits all those musical pleasure receptors (ooh err missus!). We even get some recited foreign text as in 'Kiew Mission' (I think!). It all works so well. A wonderful way to start the album. The title track, at almost half an hour, is a real epic. Tranquil pads waft from the speakers then a casual Eastern sounding lead line can just be heard. Enter a tabla type rhythmic sequence and it's instant 'Hyperborea'!
Another sequence falls into formation. The backing swells and things become increasingly syncopated. This is rapidly turning into another cracker, but they are not finished yet as another sequence bursts forth and the excitement level goes up yet another couple of notches. There is a definite moodiness to the lead lines; a sort of edgy melancholy which when contrasted with all the powerful pulsations makes things even more effective. We get an explosion through which the pulsations surge, like fighter aircraft through a ball of flame. Some more sampled speech gives a sinister twist. A bass beat strikes up and in its wake the sequences morph to give a more optimistic feel, enhanced by some lovely soft pads. In the seventeenth minute the sequences start to subside, we get some manic laughing then distorted echoing utterances. The mood changes once again as a tinkling sequence emerges from watery effects like air bubbles rising from a diver far below. There is a delicate beauty to it all. Backing drones create a contrasting melancholia. A more percussive sequence enhances an already excellent passage of music still further. A slow thoughtful lead glides above the pulsations taking us to the end of another excellent track with many a twist and turn along the way.
'History' explodes onto the scene with vast reverberating fizzing stabs of sound. Sampled text calls out to a crowd on more than one occasion, relieving important events from the past. The tension builds and builds embellished by Jarre type electronic whooshes. The pace quickens as an insistent rhythm drives things forward along with a lovely thick bass line. A little melodic motif skips over the top. This is excellent body moving stuff. A sharper lead line cuts through the air. Ethereal pads and a more delicate sequence bring some contrast nearer the end but overall this is a non-compromising track full of power and attitude. With a track called 'Sequenced' there are certain expectations but it isn't until the third minute that the expected rapid note runs burst through. They are well worth waiting for however as my hands are soon beating out time on the table, being taken along by the mounting excitement. Things become increasingly syncopated until just before the half way mark where the energy level subsides a little only to make things seem even more ball breaking when the vast wall of notes reappear.
'Dive' appropriately starts with a drone that seems to go deeper and deeper until it is replaced by ominous dark pads. You can almost feel the vast weight of water above you. A tinkling loop shines through the blackness like a laser, bass pulses getting the heart to race. Thick mournful pads make a fleeting appearance then wallop, sequences and rhythms start to surge forward faster than I could take them in. An almost anthemic lead completes the picture. Wordless female vocal colouring momentarily adds a little softness before we surge forwards once more. What an awesome way to finish what is I reckon the best Pyramid Peak album yet. (DL) David Law
http://www.synthmusicdirect.com/ppevol.cfm
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 5
Total Duration: 1:13:46
Total Size: 441 MBs (including scans, m3u, cue, audiochecker, spectrums, and nfo)
Parity Archive: Yes, 7%
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: NMR
Ripped With: NMR
Encoded At: lossless, FLAC / 44.1 KHz
ID3 Tags: Yes
NFO Created: 30 April 2015
Tracklist
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01) Gravity
02) Evolution
03) History
04) Sequenced
05) Dive 2007
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