| Bjorn Lynne - Colony @320, *NMR* [01/20] - "Bjorn Lynne - Colony.nfo" yEnc (1/1) |
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| Griffin (hosgriffin@gmail.com) |
2015/08/19 14:11 |
Bjorn Lynne - Colony.nfo
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Colony
Artist: Bjorn Lynne
Year: 2002
Genre: New Age / Electronic / Electro / Ambient
DESCRIPTION
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What a pleasant surprise this CD was! I have known and enjoyed Bjorn's music for some time, he was around even before we started Neu Harmony. The only reason we haven't stocked his stuff in the past is that even though it was highly electronic it tended to lean a little too much in the direction of progressive rock for the 'typical' SMD customer. Here however the balance has switched much more in the direction of EM.
This is evident right from the early moments of the opener 'Messages'. A wonderful exciting sequence emerges out of solar winds and soft pads. Then wham! In comes a crunching rhythm. The lead line is real air keyboard stuff. Other superb melodic elements will keep your head nodding as yet more stunning lead lines come one after another. Electronic Music really doesn't get much better than this. Its powerful, infectious and exciting all at the same time. Whether you are into Pickford, Shreeve, T Bass UK etc etc you just have to have this track in your collection. We ride into 'Endless Possibilities' on the back of moody electric guitar. More excellent lead lines come in accompanied by a high hat rhythm as we start to rock. The drums thunder forward and electronic pulsations simply spew from the speakers. The pace is slowed from time to time just to be picked up again with some axe man guitar. Prog Elements do come through on this piece but the electronic elements are so strong. Think of Eloy meeting Scott Mosher (without the AOR element).
'Hyperdrive Simuli' again surges forward with a no nonsense rhythmic backing, Sci Fi 'War of the Worlds' type bleeps and whooshes giving it an other worldly feel. You can just imagine hurtling through space faster than the speed of light. Again the guitar work is fairly heavy heaping excitement on excitement. There is a very peaceful start to 'No Looking Back' it then develops into a mid tempo chugger. The melodies are fantastic, beautiful even, reminding me very much of Andy Pickford. 'Ruins of an Alien Civilization' is a quirky gently rhythmic little number which slows the pace further and leads us into the magnificent 'Mind of the Visionary'. It has a real epic feel to it. The melodies are again immense. Sure, slight prog touches return from time to time but its the way the lead line keeps exploding from the speakers which grabbed me most. From the half way mark it develops real attitude and oomph particularly in the bass department.
'Ypsilon' is another short track, this time rather delicate and almost orchestral. 'Neuralnet' surges into life with a tinkling sequence / rhythm combination. A lead line with an almost echoing vocoded quality to it takes us forward. Another excellent sequence takes over for 'Faces of Fatality'. Yet more superb leads comes in, the prog elements however are probably more obvious on this track than any other but they work so well with flashing electric guitar really doing the business.
'Crystal Vista' returns us to pure delicate EM, a lovely little sequence bouncing in the background as another rather gentle Pickfordesque lead line floats over the top. 'One Step to Paradise' is a rather optimistic number with many lead flourishes and in the second half some belting electric guitar combing well with a melodic sequence. Mention must also be made of the outstanding artwork containing some of the best images I have ever seen in a CD package. Cosmic scenes, spacecraft and alien planets - they are all there easily eclipsing Chris Frank's Babylon 5 pictures. (DL)
http://www.synthmusicdirect.com/colony.cfm
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 11 [the tracks are not separated]
NOTE: I just posted the lossless version of this in alt.binaries.sounds.lossless.new-age, and there is a cue file with that post ;^)
Total Duration: 1:06:38
Total Size: 155 MBs (including scans, 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: 15 August 2015
Tracklist
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01) Messages
02) Endless Possibilities
03) Hyperdrive Stimuli
04) No Looking Back
05) Ruins Of An Alien Civilization
06) Mind Of The Visionary
07) Ypsilon
08) Neuralnet
09) Faces Of Fatality
10) Crystal Vista
11) One Step To Paradise
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