Nightscenes: Music for the Evening
- 艺人
- Michael Whalen
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Hearts Of Space
- 发行时间
- 1996年01月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Carol Wright
Michael Whalen's musical credits include music for over 900 commercials and scores for aries for A&E and The Discovery Channel, all projects demanding tactile and visual musical sensibilities. Here, Whalen departs from his more orchestral compositions into more abstract electronic spaces. The soundscapes -- sometimes strange, but very compelling -- allow you, sans liner notes, to generate your own musical pictures. In "Acquainted With the Night," a nightingale's call seems to beckon the mind from one dream to the edges of starlight. The rhythmic underpinnings are perhaps the machinations of Newtonian clock gears -- no, more charming -- the clever workings of the nightingale's music box. The rhythmic sounds flesh out, while friendly voices entice to the bleak edge of silence. "Light-Sky-Stars" etches a planed crystalline mindscape with sharp polished edges and dark resonances. Voices hush in layers, while breaths puff in eddies or sleek along surfaces. Every piece offers places to go, spaces to feel, and thoughts to release. Extended space chords vie for power with complex rhythmic patterns, spinning galaxies, and heartbeats with breathing; the end of "The Heart of Midnight," however, holds the listener hostage with its dramatic, singular shaft of sound. "Towards the Sunrise" rouses the listener from the spell with robust percolations -- you can almost smell coffee -- then issues an invitation to fling back the curtains to the dewy mists of morning. Nightscenes is a sophisticated sonic treat. Don't forget headphones.
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