The meeting between New Age music and digital sampling
technology begot a pile of releases whose main feature was
snippets of whale songs arbitrarily mixed above crudely
fashioned and syrupy tunes. Fortunately, music that seriously
ponders the relationship between introspective synthesizer
tones and oceanic wildlife is no longer stigmatized by prior
passing fads. EXPLORING THE WATER ELEMENT (71'15") by
Living Dreamtime (a.k.a. Tor Linlokken) is an immersing
soundscape of environmental minimalism. It is not only a
pleasant, relaxing and introspective listening experience, but
also recognized for its explorations into sound, tonality, the
nature of music and the music of nature. EXPLORING THE
WATER ELEMENT makes extensive use of a range of aquatic
field recordings. The sounds of churning surf, lapping tides and
the clicks, bellows and wails of sea creatures large and small
are wonderfully augmented by synth tones and harmonic pads.
This is music from a living environment - nothing sounds
mechanical or electronic. The nine tracks crossfade easily
between one another and the listener drifts gently along on a
current of marine seascapes and synthesizer drones and pads.
This drenching experience takes you out of the everyday and into
an aquarian realm whose friendly inhabitants travel through
muted blue-green light in schools and pods. Two thirds of our
planet is covered by water. With this album Living Dreamtime
offers a sonic meditation on the vastness of the underwater
realms. It is a homage to waves against the shore and
leviathans of the deep. Perhaps, while sleeping, the world is
dreaming this music.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from
EXPLORING THE WATER ELEMENTby Living Dreamtime

For more on Living Dreamtime, access:
http://www.livingdreamtime.org

For more on EXPLORING THE WATER ELEMENT, access:
http://www.origosound.com

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Chuck van Zyl
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