Between Interval - Autumn Continent
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Artist: Between IntervalEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2006-08-08
Music Label: Spotted Peccary
Soundtracks:
- Autumn Continent 1
- Submerged
- Hidden Wastelands
- The Tides Of Time
- Expanding Area
- Passageway
- Early Life Remainings
- This Dominion
- Atrium
- Autumn Continent 2
Music reviews of Autumn Continent
Music Review: Exactly what I look for in "ambient" music
Rating: 5 Stars
For me, 2009 was the year of mid-60s classic jazz: Miles, Trane, Hancock, Shorter. So far, 2010 is the year of ambient. I love all styles of music but more often than not I've sought music that would serve as a backdrop rather than music that required my undivided attention.
Ambient can be a lot of things. I've long been a fan of Brian Eno, and discovered his collaboration with Harold Budd, Harold Budd & Brian Eno: The Pearl. It turned out to be an excellent first step on the journey, because it led me to Budd's collaborations with Robin Guthrie, which led me to Guthrie's solo albums, etc. etc. etc.
I also discovered Steve Roach, and by virtue of that, stumbled across Between Interval.
The best way I can describe ambient (at least the style I prefer) is some form of drone or loop...a rising/falling swell of keyboards, varying degrees of repetition as a backdrop...with varying degrees of minimal melody laid on top. As either of these elements become more "busy" and complex, the music...for my tastes...can only be loosely defined as "ambient."
Between Interval's music is of the Budd / Eno school...no matter how stark the compositions may be, there is actual content behind the performances. The first two tracks..."Autumn Continent" 1 into "Submerged"...form a moody, somewhat dark "dreamscape" if you will. The next track, "Hidden Wastelands," progresses over a low rumble with rising and falling volume. That seques into "The Tides Of Time," which picks up more of a Tangerine Dream feel in terms of the stacatto rhythm (or perhaps Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall"). "Expanding Area" returns to the feel of the first three tracks. "Passageway" spends its first five minutes working with a slow, subtle rumble before opening up into a slight bit of increased volume and complexity for the finale. "Early Life Remainings" brings in a bit of "World" beat, for lack of a better term. In the overall context of the CD, you might find this one to be a bit "thumpy" and distracting...all a matter of taste. "This Dominion" returns the proceedings to dark, subtle and moody, and flows into the final two tracks.
All in all, a consistent work, and while I probably would remove "Early Life Remainings" for the reasons listed above, it's not reason enough from me to back off on my 5 star rating. If you like this kind of music...especially if you like it dark...this one's for you.
Description of Autumn Continent
"This album hits it right on the nail." -EXPOSEA timeless new release from an outstanding, fresh Swedish talent, Autumn Continent is a superbly crafted blend of ambient and electronic downtempo environments. Provocative but not intimidating, subterranean explorations are balanced with a sense of light from an otherworldly perspective. Between Interval has created an organic atmosphere that is accessible and thoughtful without the clichés of modern electronic music. Previous release, Secret Observatory, hailed as a top pick ambient release and selected by Amazon.com?s New Age Editor as the Best of 2005.
No sophomore jinx here. One year after the release of Secret Observatory, his sterling U.S. debut, Swedish studio wiz Stefan Jonsson (a.k.a. Between Interval) pulls back the curtain on another absorbing museum piece for the ear, Autumn Continent. It is a work of mystery, shadowy moonscapes, and imagination-stretching audio vistas that spans 73 minutes over 10 seamless movements--a recording that could conceivably serve as the soundtrack for a future Terminator 6, only without a pall of danger or anxiety clinging to the music. Jonsson's unhurried electronic textures evoke slowly changing images, often suggesting stark landscapes that could either be areas of emerging beauty or lifeless plains where the dust from an intergalactic apocalypse has begun to settle. He expands his palette of sounds on Autumn, introducing randomly struck bowls as an otherworldly form of percussion ("Submerged"), threading a Tangerine Dream-like electro-pulse into "The Tides of Time," even creating a rhythmic cadence that transports listeners above a vast, unknown sea ("Early Life Remainings"). It all contributes to an engrossing listening experience, making it easy to overlook the few occasions where Jonsson uses repetition to lend a hint of "musicality" to his sonic abstractions, briefly diminishing the distinctiveness of his sound. The overarching splendor of Jonsson's concepts is unmistakable and wholly involving, making him a space-music artist worthy of close attention. --Terry Wood
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