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From what sounds like an ominous opening of electronically processed thunderstorm grows a warped groove, developing elements, adding quasi electro-door slam, metal man, marimba qualities, grows a little boring too quick. The second cut was better with the haunting beauty of the clarinet. The CD progressed with a further reference to the rock "dance beat," the prominent slam on beats 2 and 4 were completely irritating me juxtaposed against much free-er and more interesting rhythmic pallettes as the bass clarinet ventured in the low zone offset by a repetitive, but catchy phrase played on prepared guitar. Rhythmic and groovy, Nocturnalis
did posses a kind of late night rapport, evoking "brain dead" in a most
provocative way. I found this music to be moody and luscious. It carried me
almost into a dream state. Rhythmic repetition soaring with chordalities and
harmonic wavelike textures. Most hypnotic. An even blending of electronically
generated wash and percussion with accoustic instrumental voices producing a lovely
landscape ripe for the imaginary. |
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| Daniel Panasenko 64 Brookdale Ave SanRafael, CA 94901 www.sandboxtrio.com sandboxtrio@hotmail.com |