GoatersLeftShin
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This was an album that that passed me by back in the day as I was more of an indie kid. However, I was also one of the ones who liked FSOL etc and a few others. I don't know why I didn't bother with this album really! The only thing I can think of it that no one in my circle had it and I couldn't copy it :)
Anyway, as you'll have seen from my other nominations, as I've got older I've become a big fan of ambient music. I can't explain it easily, but I do find that sometimes 'words get in the way'. Planetary Unfolding has no words in and yet manages to conjure up a massive sound that would take a million words to explain! I feel classical music is the same - imagine putting words on the Moonlight Sonata for example. I forgot who it was, but I'd also agree about Tangerine Dream - Phaedra and Rubycon in particular are magnificent ambient albums. I think ambient is a fascinating genre though as it's so difficult to do well.
I actually liked this album though and will definitely be giving this another listen. There's plenty of variation for me and I could happily listen to it loud, or in the background - essentially what a good ambient album is! :) I think my favourite track was "Ptolemy" as that drum sound just took me back to being a kid with my cheap Yamaha keyboard trying hard to copy the sounds from the much more expensive Roland drum machines :D I also really liked "We Are the Music Makers" and I think the voices did help to break it up a bit. Strangely, the track I was most familiar with was Delphium though which I've heard many times but Spotify suggests it's one of the least played! To be honest, I felt the back of the album was better than the start.
However, I have a gripe - I'm not sure what it's about - is there a story in here or is it (as the title suggests) just a collection of ambient works? It's only a minor gripe though.
Overall, I enjoyed this album and it's nice to have something different to listen to.
8/10
Anyway, as you'll have seen from my other nominations, as I've got older I've become a big fan of ambient music. I can't explain it easily, but I do find that sometimes 'words get in the way'. Planetary Unfolding has no words in and yet manages to conjure up a massive sound that would take a million words to explain! I feel classical music is the same - imagine putting words on the Moonlight Sonata for example. I forgot who it was, but I'd also agree about Tangerine Dream - Phaedra and Rubycon in particular are magnificent ambient albums. I think ambient is a fascinating genre though as it's so difficult to do well.
I actually liked this album though and will definitely be giving this another listen. There's plenty of variation for me and I could happily listen to it loud, or in the background - essentially what a good ambient album is! :) I think my favourite track was "Ptolemy" as that drum sound just took me back to being a kid with my cheap Yamaha keyboard trying hard to copy the sounds from the much more expensive Roland drum machines :D I also really liked "We Are the Music Makers" and I think the voices did help to break it up a bit. Strangely, the track I was most familiar with was Delphium though which I've heard many times but Spotify suggests it's one of the least played! To be honest, I felt the back of the album was better than the start.
However, I have a gripe - I'm not sure what it's about - is there a story in here or is it (as the title suggests) just a collection of ambient works? It's only a minor gripe though.
Overall, I enjoyed this album and it's nice to have something different to listen to.
8/10