Sorry about the wording – couldnt help it.
I just purchased the Biosphere album “Dropsonde” and I am listening to the track called “Birds fly by flapping their wings” .
Some nice breaks riding along in this track. Some repetitive synt stuff and a kind of spooky pad is also there and makes it al sound very snowy white and nordic – melancholic but in a happy way, if that makes any sense.
Next track on the cd is “Warmed by the drift” – the same atmosphere (or Biosphere maybe) is present here, but a little more dark maybe. Synt drones evolving and some random small noises creeing into the mix here and there. Its still repetitive and reminds me a bit of Murcof – the mexican electronica wizard. Not much going on in this track and thats great. It all warms up a bit in the end where he introduces some synt bass sounds and small pizzicato like figures – gives it a new more human feel at the end. Its actually just the transition to the next track – he tied them together.
In the next track “In triple time”, he is ofcourse in tripletime as the title says, and we are back at the breaks again, exept last time the rhytmic flow was in 7th (means 7/4 or 7/8) – well doesnt mean so much to a non musician maybe, but its a bit no so obvious to compose in this time signature – in this genre anyway. Peolpe has a tendency to stick with 4/4 – how little adventorous that may sound.
This track is in triple time and a little dark also – fast and with a very old school synt sound and still very repetitive. Very melancholic.
The track “From a solid to a liquid” is almost ambient in the old way – like Brian Enos “Apollo” f.ex. – very little movement and sporadic synt lines and a background drone noise thing that prevails the whole track – like planets turning or something – a very beautiful track. Perfect for a nap on the couch after a hard days work.
On ”Arafura” he breaks op the structure with “broken cd” loops. STill very repetitive but moving in its own crooked way. Sounds like broken equipment somehow – nicely done.
In “Fall in fall out” there is a jazzy feeling and even some vinyl noise – love this one. Could put anyone to sleep in under ten minutes. Lovely track.
All in all a great album for home listening, falling asleep, staring out into space on a rainy day.
<a href=”http://www.ganga.dk”>Ganga – Downbeat / Chill Out Music</a>