‘She loves All’ establishes its self with a gargantuan riff, only to drop for a spooky and surreal female vocal that leads the track to its end across a pure stadium-rock lick backed by a gorgeous soft-synth. The bleeps and throbbing saw waves are complimented by heavy guitars that mosh along at a slower pace than that of any 65DoS record and so the easy-to-make comparison crumbles quickly. Having supported some big names and landed a slot on the formidable ZXZW festival, Atlantis could easily gather a reputation to match their gigantic sound. It sets the tone for what is in the main, a largely over-produced collision of analog and digital instruments in the vein of 65daysofstatic but with its own very distinctive character. The opening track of Atlantis’s second full-length studio album on Field Records, fizzes and clangs with an industrial hue beneath a wash of synthy fuzz that perhaps wouldn’t sound out-of-place on the Blade Runner soundtrack. The combination of the contemporary classical and ambient elements with the tradition of Post-Rock delivers subtle treasures buried below the sonic guitar barriers, and this will, with added listenings provide a very pleasant discovery of a world underneath the surface.
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'Stars Bring Us Closer', 'There is Hope Here' and 'Returning' feature warming bass lines like strong undercurrents, full of euphoria and slowly resolving phrases.Īnd this is where I think Follow the Dark as if it were Light adds up to a very interesting release. Indeed, I would say Creeping into Dusk is the stand-out song of the album. This song was sounding very familiar, at first I thought it could be because it reminded me of Arvo Pärt’s work, but then I made the connection and finally came to the conclusion that this song could be included in Gavin Bryars' 'Sinking of the Titanic' masterpiece.
There is something about the first track 'Creeping into dusk' that instantly grabbed my attention with its haunted voices and string section that submerges the listener completely. What is noticeable however, and certainly different from previous works, is the artist's focus on classical drone and ambient stylings. Simmons achieves a very interesting album, where he explores with sonic landscapes with a subtley and maturity.
References such as Mogwai and Sigur Rós fit perfectly. 'Follow the Dark as if it were Light' is what can be called a classic Post-Rock album, it has all the necessary ingredients to be so the prominence of a repeating guitar, the ever increasing tension brought about by the rhythmic structure, even the name of the tracks and album. Having released a six track EP - 'How They Grow', full length LP 'What We Left Behind', as well as collaborations with Franz Kirmann and Codes in the Cloud, Simmons now comes to Audiobulb. "It's not often music so quiet and seemingly understated has the capacity to envelop the listener's mind so completely within a matter of a couple of minutes, prompting them - quite unwittingly - to stop everything and simply listen, mouth half-open, rapt by the sheer beauty of the sound." 9/10 WHISPERIN & HOLLERINĪ Dancing Beggar is the moniker of Brighton based artist James Simmons.
"Beautifully delicate, moody and deeply poignant" 4.5/5 IS THIS MUSIC "nothing is over done or added unnecessarily resulting in a touching serenity overall." FUTURE SEQUENCE
Drifting and dreamy and teaming, once again, a talented, if niche pair together." SUBBA CULTCHA Though frankly it succeeds for this subdued feeling with which it hypnotises. However while the mood and tempo endure this could lead to the recording being deemed as as light in substance as it is in acoustics. "Along with the unembellished musical accompaniment from Hildur Gudnadottir and Chester Desmond on cello and violin respectively, it is the vocals provided by Acda that successfully colour With Our Heads.'s hazy soundscape, her icy and yet somehow sweet falsetto injecting both a heavenly appeal and cold isolation to the transcendental climes.
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