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| Griffin (hosgriffin@gmail.com) |
2015/03/26 17:52 |
Jiannis - Plugged.nfo
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Plugged
Artist: Jiannis (aka Jiannis Zedamanis)
Year: 1997
Genre: New Age / Electronic / Berlin School / Ambient
DESCRIPTION
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OK, so Graham has quite rightly raved about the Spyra CD well I am going to do the same about this disc. 'Plugged' is a Berlin School, analogue, sequential masterpiece. The shortest track is eighteen minutes so things are really given plenty of room to develop and mutate creating pure aural heaven. 'Erstes Schattenspiel' (catchy title) begins with lonesome synth sounds and vocoded speech in the manner of 'Chromium Echoes'. Don't worry these vocals are used more as a sound, not singing. As soon as the opening sequence takes its first tentative steps low in the mix, fitting perfectly to the washes of synth, you just know that you are in for something VERY special. The sequence beefs itself up and is accompanied by another sequence of a more ballsy variety. The lead line is a real stunner and sends the spine a tingling rather than screeching through the cranium, just right. It is constantly changing and being put through all manner of effects and I was hypnotised by it. Things calm down a bit at the eighteen minute mark (can't believe the track has been running that long already) but builds up again shortly afterwards over sequential themes that keep the feel of before but are combined differently. The lead line when it returns is even more effective than before and with even greater variation, the sequences adjusting perfectly. The second track 'Zweites Schattenspiel' (another cracking title) starts with a noise half way between the wind blowing across an alien landscape and a space ship coming in to land. We then get sequences similar to early Jean Michel Jarre ('Oxygene' / 'Magnetic Fields') which initially are rather laid back and to which a more typical Berlin School sequence is added. The lead lines are straight from 1975 / 76. The final track 'Drittes Schattenspiel' starts with more haunting winds before massed chords add to the melancholy feeling and a lonesome lead plays over the top. Seven minutes in a bubbling sequence is added and the lead dies away. This sequence builds and a different lead comes to the surface. Just as we are getting used to this groove a rhythm fades in then drifts lower into the mix. The sequences, lead lines rhythms mutate all the time creating an ever evolving brew. At the twenty minute mark all but the main sequence and the drones die away but after only a short while all the main elements are introduced again one by one with the addition of a second rhythm. The track then fades gently away. I can really give no greater accolade than to say "move over RMI and AirSculpture and make room for a new EM giant". I can well see Jiannis becoming the best ever seller on smd. (DL) - http://synthmusicdirect.com/plugged.cfm
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 3
Total Duration: 1:13:31
Total Size: 428 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: 23 March 2015
Tracklist
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01) Erstes Schattenspiel
02) Zweites Schattenspiel
03) Drittes Schattenspiel
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