Sounds From Ground - High Rising
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Artist: Sounds From GroundEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-10-10
Music Label: Waveform
Soundtracks:
- White City (2:31)
- Rotorblade (6:43)
- Slate Grey (8:54)
- Viper Style (7:50)
- Beautiful Feeling featuring Taz (9:31)
- Modo (7:30)
- Palmprint featuring Gaudi (7:31)
- Blink (6:39)
- Speedbumps (6:32)
- Allsorts (7:17) Special Bonus Track
Music reviews of High Rising
Music Review: Highly disappointed
Rating: 2 Stars
After reading the other reviews of this CD, glowingly relating that every track is a winner and that the CD is one nearing perfection, I figured I couldn't go wrong. I mean, I own many CDs which I am happy to own only for a couple tracks. Perhaps I just didn't do my homework on this one. But again, people were saying "chillout" and "relaxing" about this, so I feel misled.
That's not to say it doesn't qualify as Chillout or as somewhat relaxing; however, I prefer some semblance of melody or at least melodic direction in my music (like Ulrich Schnauss); and if not, I want to hear some killer atmospheres or textures (like AmBeam). Neither are found here. You get the ubiqitous beats, but they are unusual in and of themselves. They don't really establish groove so much as just create rhythm. I find them quite uninspired. They don't draw ME in, that's all I can say. And with songs so long, they need to do that, frankly.
Melodies? Well, you might be able to grab one from the repetitious (lazily looped) bass line or from some other esoteric bit. Again, I realize this kind of music often uses looped bits to create texture (love the way Marconi Union does it), but this stuff just falls way short. Uninspired. That's the word that keeps coming to me when I listen to this music. It sounds very much like it's adhering to some expected formula.
As for the textures and supposed beauty, they can't hold a candle to Schnauss, Vangelis, Jon Hopkins, or any number of other artists. I don't mean to be too harsh on this music, but there needs to be a balanced opinion on this page, and maybe I'll save somebody else the disappointment I felt when receiving this CD. I had much, much higher hopes. Somebody described this as fantastic background music. I agree. Way, way back, it could work.
Description of High Rising
With well over a decade of sonic seasoning under their belts, SFTG serves up more fresh sounding and widely acclaimed ambient, dub, trip hop and chilled back electronic musical styles. This is their fourth title in the growing Waveform catalog, HIGH RISING - a reflective and mesmerizing future classic and yet another elevated effort - this time more laid back, with welcomed guest contributions from long time supporter Taz as well as fellow UK recording artitst, Gaudi. Move up to the heady, good time vibes of HIGH RISING. Listen for some exceptional focus tracks, including, 'Rotorblade,' 'Slate Grey,' 'Viper Style' and 'Beautiful Feeling' featuring smooth, sensuous vocals from Taz.Dance & DJ CDs
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