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1 |
Magic Box |
2 |
Behind The Mirror |
3 |
Aquanaut |
4 |
Philtre |
5 |
Lost In Space |
6 |
Down To A Sunless Sea |
| Andy Atyeo - |
electric guitar, synthesizer, laptop |
Chris
Conway - |
piano, keyboards, theremin, electric 9 string guitar, voice, Irish whistles, kalimba, effects |
| Les Hayden - |
bass, ebow, tenori-on |
| Jim Tetlow - |
laptop with keyboard, cajon |
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Atmospheric delicate restrained electro-acoustic music.
Warm, glowing sound gardens with minimal music, electronic, jazz and world music touches.
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background
The four musicians had played invarious combinations at the monthly Quadelectronic improvised electronic sessions that Chris & Jim organise. Sensing a similar aesthetic, it was proposed the four gather at Chris's Aloft studio to record. That afternoon's charmed recording session and a couple of days mixing, resulted in this album.
It was evident at the time that something special was happening. Each player playing ina restrained way, contributing to the whole sound. The players, from different musical backgrounds, somehow meshed perfectly with no one sound predominating. Soundscapes, subtle rhythms start and fade, new ideas are gently introduced. Listening back it is hard to believe that the music was improvised.
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magic box
behind the mirror
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influences
Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, ECM, Terry Riley, Arve Hendriksen, John Hassell
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review
Astounded By Sound review blog written by Roger Trenwith, described it as "a restful journey through a prism of distilled high quality ambience of a thoughtful and symapthetic kind."
Read the full review here
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trivia
The music was recorded in one afternoon.
Though there was some editing, the tracks were played in the same order as they appear on the album.
For a while the working title of the album was Loft in Space
The cover art is a treated photo Jim Tetlow took of the ocean in Australia.
CC's
fave track - Philtre
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