The following three tracks, each 4-5 minutes in length and livened up by drum tracks, don't really feel like they belong here. I've listened to them once or twice, and they were pleasant enough, but are essentially forgettable 90s library music rather than New Age or ambient.
Not to worry though - the half-hour long Navicula is still to come. Even more of a becalmed oceanic drift than Asteria, this track more than makes up for the shortcomings of the middle section of the album. In fact, if you just take the opening and closing tracks together, you've still got a pretty decent 46 minutes of early 90s electronic chillout to enjoy as an album.
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Sometimes you worry me a little when you float off on these tangents - but I'll give it a whirl.
ReplyDeleteAnd only one year after "Cousteau", by the by.
I suppose the blog just reflects my own butterfly-like attention span to musical genres. I do like variety! ;)
DeleteDuh, dunno why I had '89 in my head for Cousteau. Research, man, research!
Yeah. It was OK. Didn't think it was that stunning, but not awful. I can see where the water effects in the long piece could strike one as "Cousteau"-ish. Though the top keyboard parts give off more a whiff of some lesser tier Private label stuff. Actually, I feel like there's something else that it was really reminding me a lot of, but I haven't been able to put my finger on it.
DeleteOn your last sentence - I'm getting that too, something of similar era that's way back in my mind. Let me know if you twig what it is...
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