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AMAZING SOUNDS No.132 / January 23, 2004
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CONTENTS:

NEWS

REVIEWS:
HEMISPHERE: "BEAST IN THE HEAT" Groove
REMY: "CONNECTED" AKH Records / Groove
VARIOUS: "MOMENTS OF SUSPENSION" it's Twilight Time
VARIOUS: "THE COMPLETE 10-INCH SERIES FROM COLD BLUE" Cold Blue Music
EMAKHET: "AN OFFERING" Studio 10 Records
OPTIMUS ROB: "MOOD SYNTH"
DRAWING ROOM: "MUSIC FOR PERFORMANCE"

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NEWS

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REVIEWS:

HEMISPHERE:
"BEAST IN THE HEAT"
Groove
By combining elements from Ambient, Atmospheric Pop, Synth-Pop, Techno and
Trance, Hemisphere create compositions where the melodies of a sensual, romantic
hue, not lacking in mystery, have an important role. The emotional air of the
music is emphasized by the warm textures of the synthesizers. The rhythms, of a
rather slow nature, yet often powerful, complex and with an important percussive
component, complement tbe basic approach of this album.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.groove.nl/

REMY:
"CONNECTED"
AKH Records / Groove
Remy Stroomer is a synthesist whose music recovers the romantic spirit of
pioneerings space music in the 1970's, yet accompanying it with new ideas.
"Connected" is characterized by long themes of a slow development, rich in dense
atmospheres, melodies that range from the mysterious to the romantic, and
powerful sequencers sometimes sustained by percussion. Remy admits that Klaus
Schulze has been one of his major influences, a trait that can be perceived in
the album, yet it is also true that he has already developed his own elements of
artistic identity.
EDGAR KOGLER

http://www.groove.nl/

VARIOUS:
"MOMENTS OF SUSPENSION"
it's Twilight Time
A compilation carried out by John Orsi that includes pieces up to now unreleased
by Knitting By Twilight, Overflower, Incandescent Sky and Blueshift Signal. The
main orientation is instrumental Atmospheric Pop, with Ambient touches. Most
remarkable is the originality in several of the themes.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

VARIOUS:
"THE COMPLETE 10-INCH SERIES FROM COLD BLUE"
Cold Blue Music
In the early 1980's, the label Cold Blue Music released a series of EPs with
experimental pieces, which aroused a great interest oin the part of the
followers of the avantgarde musical trends. Heeding popular demand, this
collection, already legendary, has now been re-released, gathered in a triple
CD. The contents is as follows: Peter Garland: "Matachin Dances". Michael Jon
Fink: "Two Pieces for Piano Solo", "Piano Solo", "Vocalise" "Veil for Two
Pianos". Barney Childs: "Clay Music". Read Miller: "Mile Zero Hotel", "The
Blueprint of a Promise". Chas Smith: "After", "Santa Fe", "October ’68",
"Scircura". Rick Cox: "These Things Stop Breathing", "Taken From Real Life".
Daniel Lentz: "Slow Motion Mirror", "Midnight White", "Solar Cadence", "Dancing
on the Sun". Imaginative New Instrumental Music, piano minimalism, risky
experimentation, and Ambient, are the major focuses in this interesting
collection.
VALERIANO GUIOL

EMAKHET:
"AN OFFERING"
Studio 10 Records
In this CD single, the duo Emakhet, formed by Rick DeRushia and Emily Ketsdever,
offer us a sample of their fresh, dynamic style, ranging from World Music to
Pop.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

OPTIMUS ROB:
"MOOD SYNTH"
Optimus Rob makes in this album a fresh, imaginative Techno-Trance, with Ambient
touches, and far from several of the conventionalisms that such trends often
drag.
ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA

DRAWING ROOM:
"MUSIC FOR PERFORMANCE"
Imaginative experimentation that offers us unusual architectures of sound
sculpted by means of focuses near to Electro-acoustic Music and Industrial
Ambient.
VALERIANO GUIOL

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