Frank Van Bogaert - Closer.txt
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Closer
Artist: Frank Van Bogaert
Year: 2004
Genre: New Age / Electronic / Folk, World, & Country / Electro / Downtempo
DESCRIPTION
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The title track has some sequenced synths and rich sounds at the beginning. It then incorporates a nice piano melody (very much in the style of Vangelis). It's a rhythmic / melodic track that involves some modern elements, such as the rhythm itself. Typical Frank Van Bogaert in his "composed" mode. Some voices can also be heard. Overall, it's a very cheering, ubpeat number. "Coming Up For Air" is next. We get very atmospheric with this one, the beginning sounding very berlinish, with sequences and a great melody playing on top. Again it's a composed (not improvised) track and a very tasty one, full of grandeur and, well.. simply class! The synth sounds are very rich and there are also some choirs (a bit similar to the ones used on "Conquest of Paradise") that play an important role. Overall the track has something of a 90's Tangerine Dream quality to it (the sax perhaps?). "Rorogwela" is based on a traditional melody from the Solomon Islands. I find it a beautiful, melodic World Music track, very easy on the ear, but quite substantial to maintain interest. Very good. "High Above" is pretty ambient, with floating, velvet synths all over the place.. Beautiful stuff that also has some brilliantly rendered sax melody floating on top of the synths. The track sounds more or less improvised. The next cut is called "Melting". Lots of piano on this one and a marching electronic rhythm. The mood is pretty relaxed. Some heavier drums appear in the second part of the track. The main melody is pretty catchy which reaffirms once again the fact that Frank Van Bogaert has a real knack for creating great melodies, in this regard certainly being one of the best composers on the EM scene today. "A Picture of You" - a sad, romantic track. So simple, but SO beautiful! This is simply outstanding! I'll give it to Frank, he really managed to touch my soul with this one. Next comes a short reprise of the title track which features an already familiar melody, but in a more floating, rhythmless setting. We are slowly gliding towards "Caleidoscope" and you can't imagine my delight when I had to find out it's largely an improvised track!! Very cosmic beginning with super delicious sounds. So perfectly done, and then this rhythmic, jazzy, spacey improvisational jam, with electric pianos, keyboard sounds, synths etc. This is the Frank Van Bogaert I like most (the style which was first heard on "Human") and I found this track simply amazing! I'd go anywhere with this music playing. "Europe's Dawn" - a slow beginning and, what's that? Another impovised track!! By this moment I'm already in heaven but this track sounds more perfect than heaven itself. A very relaxed rhythm, mysterious sounds and improvised structures. This one delivers the goods big time! As I've stated earlier this is the kind of stuff I like most, so this album has made my day already. "Good Morning Song" is a mid-tempo, melodic number that returns to the more composed style of Frank's music. "Dans [da:ns]" features a stomping rhythm and belinesque sequences combined with male choirs and some voices. Interesting combination. "Falling Leaves" is very evocative of its title. This is really October music. Great track! "Sweetness" is very romantic but gets rather intense towards the end and the fact that the track is (again) largely improvised makes it all the more enjoyable for me. "Night Brings Silence" is a sparse atmospheric (again - improvised!) number and a perfect way to end this diverse and full-sounding album. Overall, "Closer" has slightly more sequences than usually with Frank's music and sees him further developing his unique improvisational style that was introduced on "Human" and that yours truly finds extremely enjoyable. There are many EM albums out there but don't forget that there's good stuff and then there's GOOD stuff. And with tracks like "A Picture of You", "Caleidoscope", "Europe's Dawn" and "Sweetness" (plus many others) this album ranks up with the very best of that second category.
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FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 14
Total Duration: 1:04:07
Total Size: 156 MBs (including scans, m3u, and txt)
NOTE: the hi-rez scans are about 10 MBs
Parity Archive: Yes, 7%
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: NMR
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Encoded At: 320k CBR / 44.1 KHz
ID3 Tags: Yes
TXT Created: 15 September 2017
Tracklist
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01) Closer
02) Coming Up For Air
03) Rorogwela
04) High Above
05) Melting
06) A Picture Of You
07) Closer (Reprise)
08) Caleidoscope
09) Europe's Dawn
10) Good Morning Song
11) Dans [da:ns]
12) Falling Leaves
13) Sweetness
14) Night Brings Silence
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