credited REVIEWS of ambient albums & singles
From: WILL-E
the heavenly music corporation: _in a garden of eden_
49 minutes long, on Silent Records (the same ones who put out the
_50 Years of Sunshine_ compilation double CD) [catalog # SR9335]
First of all, heavenly music corp. is the name of a song by Brian
Eno
& Robert Fripp off the album No Pussyfooting.
Looking at the sleeve, I noticed: "this cd was created for the
space age
lounge, a technomystical chill room in goa, india..." and "please
note
that sublingual hypgnosis techniques are used on this cd in order
to induce
a theta state in the listener's brain/please do not operate heavy
machinery
or drive a motor vehicle while listening to this cd..."
It also credits genesis p-orridge as a "constant source of
inspiration"
which means I *had* to hear it. This explains the theta state
part.
G.P'O along with William Burroughs are big advocates of inducing
the theta
state by using a dream or brain machine as invented by the French
surrealist
artist Brion Gysin. It's what you want to achieve with
meditation sometimes.
All titles written & mixed by kim cascone.
1. cloud structure silence (5:07): starts out with a loud
rooster call
a la orb. Very ethereal and ambient. Sounds of farm animals
thrown in.
2. the quiet mind (4:42): totally spaceous sounding! Try
listening to this
one in an altered state of mind!
3. ambient to be here (8:05): a bit more electronic sounding
(like a FAX
ambient track) with what I think is the sound of a crackling
fire in the
background.
4. dawn chorus (5:25): birds chirpping and trancey electronic
ambient bliss
5. beautiful dream (5:01): samples of dolphins, a woman talking
about
a dream, someone jumping into a pool, and a beat!
6. in a garden of eden (14:07): the beat kicks in about 5
minutes in and
this track has a more eastern sound to it.
7. reentry (6:59): digeridoo samples & a 303!!! talk about
trendy...
In my honest opinion, this is one of the more brilliant pieces of
ambient
music I've heard in a long time. Too bad it hasn't come out on
vinyl.
I posted to a select few to keep this little jewel were I found
it;
underground!
enjoy!
WILL-E
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