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Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij - Journey.nfo
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Journey
Artist: Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij
Year: 2007
Genre: New Age / Electronic / Ambient / Berlin School
DESCRIPTION
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In just two albums Gert and Ruud established themselves as one of the most important Berlin School inspired acts currently around. Ruud really is the king of the sequencer. I have always thought of him as a cross between Chris Franks and Redshift style Mark Shreeve. Gert also knows how to handle sequences but he is more of a melody man who I think of as the Dutch equivalent to early John Dyson.
The title track gets the album off to an excellent start. Wonderful deep bubbling alien sounds provide a short introduction before a brace of very rapid sequences surge from the speakers. A third, more bass laden one provides a further salvo of pulsation, all underpinned by Heavenly mellotron. A searing lead, which would sound excellent live, flashes forth like lasers bouncing off a series of mirrors. 'The Endless Running Messenger' has a dark atmospheric beginning full of swirling shimmering metallic drones. These are punctuated by dripping effects. The whole thing has a rather subterranean feel to it. Soft pastoral pads lighten the mood as if we are nearing the surface and can feel a gentle breeze from above. A four-note sequence strikes up accompanied by more tron. The pulsations become increasingly complex as a melancholy melody hangs in the air.
'A City Awakens', certainly gave me a jolt of energy as first a lovely rumbling bass sequence then a rapid staccato one surge forward feeding off each other exquisitely. Yet more pulsations join the fray as things become even more intense. As with the opener, when the leads come they are of the type that would get the pulse racing in a concert setting - so of course also ideal for air keyboard! 'Rolling Thunder in the Mountains of Hope' (the long winter nights must just fly by coming up with these titles) uses some wonderful sounds to create quite a spooky atmosphere. The sequence of course isn't far away and this time it's a lovely deep chugger that would have been well at home on 'Ether'. It becomes more devastating by the second (with mellotron backing of course- I mean why alter something that works so well!). I found it impossible to keep my head and hands still as I lost myself in the wonderful cascade of notes. After the half way mark things become even more syncopated, a pitch bending lead line mixing with oomph laden virtual guitar. This is awesome, the best track on the album so far.
'Red Clouds over a Misty Swamp' (I blame TD's 3 AM at the border....') gives us a break from the sequences for a short while. Cataclysmic crashes subside to an excellent collage of electronic effects and crystalline shimmers which then mutate into lovely ethereal pads. Nicely calmed we plunge into the final track 'Regaining Breath in the Eye of the Storm' (I'm saying nothing). Initially it's all rather eerie stuff. The mood changes to euphoria instantly on the arrival of the sequence - and what a fantastic sequence it is, reminding me very much of AirSculpture. In the seventh minute things are really cranked up so I responded in kind by increasing the volume on my amp to truly irresponsible levels - the shaking floor turning to a near earthquake as they increased the intensity of the sequences still further- fan bloomin' tastic! Things did subside a little in the tenth minute but the sequences still do their wonderful thing- just a little subtler than before. So the guy's third joint album is another triumph, the fourth and last tracks being especially awesome. (DL) David Law, http://www.synthmusicdirect.com/ehjourn.cfm
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 6
Total Duration: 1:14:41
Total Size: 173 MBs (including scans, m3u, and nfo)
Parity Archive: Yes, 7%
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: NMR
Ripped With: NMR
Encoded At: 320k CBR / 44.1 KHz
ID3 Tags: Yes
NFO Created: 24 May 2015
Tracklist
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01) Journey
02) The Endless Running Messenger
03) A City Awakens
04) Rolling Thunder In The Mountains Of Hope
05) Red Clouds Over A Misty Swamp
06) Regaining Breath In The Eye Of The Storm
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