[microsound-announce] Monty Adkins receives wonderful review
David Newman
dwnewman at clara.co.uk
Tue Apr 29 17:55:44 EDT 2014
http://5against4.com/2014/04/29/cd-roundup-gli-altri/
Wonderful review of Monty's Album - "listening to Rift Patterns makes me realise that this is post-ambient, music that captures everything that once made ambient music wonderful, but fills it with much, much more, & takes it somewhere utterly beyond. On the one hand, Adkins’ palette is relatively small, his harmonic language simple, but they’re used to superb effect, hitting home at an emotional level directly & immediately. There tends to be more than a whiff of melancholy (or, at the very least, wistfulness) pervading Adkins’ music, & that’s here, lending the deep pedal notes a gravitas that makes one’s chest ache, & filling the honky-tonk piano notes with a poignancy that’s extremely moving. Gorgeous & thought-provoking in equal measure, it’s a very fine work indeed, essential listening for those drawn to the most meditative forms of contemporary electronic music."
http://www.audiobulb.com/albums/AB051/AB051.htm
David Newman
dwnewman at clara.co.uk
www.audiobulb.com | exploratory music
www.audiomoves.com | music sync specialist
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