Volt - Nucleosynthesis.nfo
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Nucleosynthesis
Artist: Volt (aka Michael Shipway & Steve Smith)
Year: 2007
Genre: New Age / Electronic / Berlin-School
DESCRIPTION
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After an appropriately explosive start to, well, err, 'Explosion', a rapid sequence emerges over a sea of fizzing electronics. A second sequence bubbles up, remaining quite low in the mix, more darting in and out of the pulsations rather than falling into formation. Dark, faintly melodic but also menacing drones heighten the tension then a mournful lead quests forward over the mesmerizing, hypnotic backing. A bass throb can just be heard, slowly developing and increasing in volume until it becomes the main devastating feature, surging to the surface as tron type pads swell behind. A fantastic lead is then deployed and we are belting along wonderfully.
Things descend to twittering atmospherics and we flow straight through to 'Evolution'. A lovely thick squelchy lead line meanders dreamily. We are shaken awake as a heavy, melodic but also quite menacing sequence suddenly surges forward. A bass pulse adds to the tension. Breathy mellotron creates a more sinister feel than is usual of that instrument. A further very rapid sequence blasts away and it was with quite some surprise that I was reminded of Jim Kirkwood (something that I would never have associated with Volt before). Further lines of pulsations join the party. Things momentarily become more optimistic in the twelfth minute due to a lovely whimsical analogue sounding lead that wouldn't have been out of place on a Wavestar CD only for the mood to become darker again with three minutes to go as the no nonsense threatening sequences from earlier makes one final surge. Volt have saved the best to last however with the superb Twenty-Five minute 'Implosion'. Vast pads swell like an expanding sun. Solar flares fly. There's a pulsating organ sound below it all as well as loads of static fizz. Another lovely analogue lead line is brought into play. All that is needed to make the picture perfect is a stonking sequence and in the fifth minute that is exactly what we get. To start off with it is quite slow but oozing power and menace. It gradually winds up momentum to wonderful earthquake proportions. As if things weren't exciting enough already another sequence and then a third are cranked up winding their way around the initial monster.
A slow apocalyptic type lead contrasts the spewing sequences. More leads are added but they are of a similar pace whilst unbelievably the sequences just seem to get faster and faster. In the eighteenth minute a steady bass beat arrives along with yet another sequence that attacks then subsides in wave after wave of devastation, each pulse like laser fire. More Wavester style leads perform wonderful solo duties over the top whipping up even greater ecstasy! What an absolutely awesome track. If played live it would surely bring the house down. Wow!! (DL) David Law
http://www.synthmusicdirect.com/voltnucl.cfm
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 3
Total Duration: 1:02:48
Total Size: 418 MBs (including scans, m3u, 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: 28 April 2015
Tracklist
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01) Part 1 Explosion
02) Part 2 Evolution
03) Part 3 Implosion
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