The tracks were becomings shorter too, and the opening title track was a nice simple earworm that became Froese's only 7" single release. The album then hits an early high point with the ten-minute sequencer journey It Would Be Like Samoa, and Detroit Snackbar Dreamer is just as good, bringing in the first truly percussive pulse halfway through.
The second half of the album delves even deeper into psych-inflected atmospheres, with another multi-stage long track (Drunken Mozart In The Desert) ending more upbeat and melodic. A Dali-Esque Sleep Fuse is another strong sequencer piece, before Scarlet Score For Mascalero ends the album on a slow, stately note with another gorgeous melody. One of Froese's very best albums.
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Indeed. Although, re your comment last week, some - not all, but definitely some - of the Eastgate stuff is also up there with his very best. Most of the people who dismiss all that out of hand are the types who checked out around, say, Ricochet, and haven't actually heard most of the later stuff, just heard "about" it via the generally perceived public opinion that has grown over the years. Annoys the crap out of me.
ReplyDeleteNot putting you in that bag, mind you. Unless your real last name is Freeman...
Ha! Definitely not one of the Ultima Thule brothers, although I've still got about a dozen CDs with their price sticker on (mail order, never got the chance to pay a visit).
DeleteI generally lose interest in TD at some point in the Jive era, although I've heard a couple of Quaeshning/Schnauss et al tracks recently that were more than half decent.
Besides his dying in general being a bummer, the timing could not have been worse. The few tracks that he did with Schnauss hinted at some amazing things to come. They've still done some fine stuff since - but what a missed chance.
DeleteThank you !
ReplyDeleteAnother stunning album......many thanks again Alan.
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