Gert Emmens + Ruud Heij create evocative soundtracks, not for
the cinema, but for the images appearing in the back of the
listener's mind. Their imaginative scoring and rapturous intensity
evokes limitless space. Their second collaboration, BLIND
WATCHERS OF A VANISHING NIGHT (61'51") contains three
studio and two live tracks. The centerpiece, the live recording "A
Journey Through Time" (44'02"), is a massive six part trek along
a strange, spiraling path through a reiterative and intensely
ambiguous electronic landscape. The music wanders and
flows, while simultaneously vaporous and unified. The piece
tracks a line from light to dark, external to internal. Emmens +
Heij utilize great dynamic range variations as a tool to create a
deeper spatial dimension and psychological impact. At the core
of their realizations are intricately constructed and layered
sequencer patterns. The seductive syncopating rhythms bounce
and echo, brighten and darken as the work's energy level heats
and cools. These machine-like revolutions are softened by the
constant shifting motion of synth string pads and soaring
mellotron flute melodies. This and their other works travel from
rhythmically interlocked intensity to slow motion harmonic
complexity. Moving from a dreamlike stillness, to fierce brilliance,
Emmens + Heij are locating new paths and branches of
spacemusic.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from BLIND
WATCHERS OF A VANISHING NIGHT by Gert Emmens + Ruud
Heij

For more on BLIND WATCHERS OF A VANISHING NIGHT
access: http://home.versatel.nl/emmens_heij

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