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| Griffin (hosgriffin@gmail.com) |
2014/12/11 21:49 |
Dom F. Scab - Analogical Confessions.nfo
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Analogical Confessions
Artist: Dom F. Scab
Year: 2002
Genre: New Age / Electronic / Berlin-School
DESCRIPTION
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The album gets off to a fantastic start with 'After Secrets'. Eerie dark rumbles give way to a steady deep pulse over which flies a lovely energetic tinkling sequence. A beautiful piano melody floats wonderfully above the pulsations. A sedate snare drum adds a little extra detail as that spellbinding sequence works its way deeper and deeper into my psyche. With a couple of minutes to go the pace quickens, finishing this fantastic opener on a real high. 'Insomnia' blasts forward as more pulsations immediately spew from the speakers, coming thick and fast like fragments of rock in a meteor shower. A further sequence can be heard forming lower in the mix, subtly at first like the faint rays of the sun making their delicate appearances above the horizon before really unleashing their full power as things progress. At the five-minute mark all but one of the sequences subsides. A brief piano melody makes an entrance to be replaced by plucked strings whilst one after another fresh sequences come and go. Highly crafted stuff.
'Materia Obscura' is a short subterranean sounding track with all sorts of electronic twitters and effects. An almost Morse Code series of notes increases the unease. This same feel continues through to 'Navigating Lights' until the most powerful bass laden sequence on the album so far breaks through. Piano colouring creates a lighter contrast but there is no disguising an overall feel of tension. String pads swell, subtly changing the mood to euphoria as things becomes much more positive. An absolutely brilliant track. 'Procesos' is initially sedate in both rhythm and sequence. As time goes on however the pulsations are cranked up, guitar licks are added and more sequencer lines are introduced. Unexpectedly (which is a good thing) all subsides to tranquil floating synth in the fifth minute. From this interlude a bass pulse forms and once again we build up a head of steam enhanced by more wonderful guitar touches. 'Alien Advice' is another short track- all appropriately strange and cosmic. This same mood continues forward into 'Cuerpos Celestes' until a playful sequence and contrasting melancholy lead line waft through the air weaving the most wonderful spell. Things get even better as a lovely piano melody is added. The pace quickens and mood lightens as another sequence and rhythm break through, getting my feet tapping and head nodding to the beats. What could be machine gun fire provides a curious beginning to '2000 Kms' but as expected a sequence soon breaks forth- a real corker it is too. A two note bass loop (almost like a heartbeat) is deployed underneath. More pulsations are layered throughout the track and a superb infectious lead skips over the top. My whole body is moving to the music again. An excellent uplifting finish to the album.
I haven't so far compared any of these tracks to anyone else because in my opinion there is only one name to mention. Every piece of music here sounds as if it could have come straight from a Tangerine Dream album. Now TD are often used by reviews as a comparison for almost anything Electronic, even if the music has nothing in common at all to our heroes BUT here the best characteristics of the band from the 70s, 80s and 90s are melded it into an awesome album that is simply impossible not to love. It would be easy to say that this is one of the best Tangerine Dream sound alike albums I have ever heard, and that would be true but also could give you a wrong impression of Dom. Sure, this album is a dead ringer for TD but he has done many albums over the years and every one I have heard is excellent. He has such a talent for both melody and sequence that he can turn is hand to almost anything. It just so happens that what he has produced here sounds like Tangerine Dream at their very best. (DL) http://www.synthmusicdirect.com/acon.cfm
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 8
Total Duration: 54:08
Total Size: 125 MBs (including scans, m3u, and nfo)
Parity Archive: Yes, 7%
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: NMR
Ripped With: NMR
Encoded At: 320 CBR / 44.1 KHz
ID3 Tags: Yes
NFO Created: 10 December 2014
Tracklist
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01) After Secrets
02) Insomnia
03) Materia Obscura
04) Navigating Lights
05) Procesos
06) Alien Advice
07) Cuerpos Celestes
08) 2000 Kms
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