Andy G said:
PETE NAMLOOK/BILL LASWELL: Psychonavigation 3With 3 tracks clocking in at over 12 mins and 4 tracks from 1 to nearly 5 mins, this is certainle the best one yet. The opening 15 min opus is as magnificent a slice of cosmic synth music as you'll find anywhere, with the rich tones and warm sonic drifts from the various layers which flow through the composition in an almost Schulzian manner, with seeping string sounds and a gorgeous atmosphere, consistently good throughout its length. Track 2 at 4 mins is equally spacey but more melodic in the ambient sense. Track 3, at 16 mins, starts with a gently sequenced synth rhythm and surrounding space synths, sounding like some T.Dream outtake, and this continues for 5 mins whereupon a perc layer is added and the track heads 'out there' for a couple of mins, before the rhythms are dispensed, a new chorus of synths and distant voice samples appear, and then the previous pattern comes back and takes you on to the end of the track. The near 13 min track 4 is ethereal ambient dub with a magical drum rhythm, some incredible electric bass rhythm currents and a soaring set of synth leads above the dynamic rhythm base, for the first half of the track, followed by 3 mins of pure space synths, and finishing with a rhythmic finale similar to the first half only more powerful. Track 5 is just under 3 mins of galaxian cosmic synths while track 6 features a subdued but solid sequencer rhythm above which soaring synths and voice samples fly and drift. Finally, the CD ends on one minute of.......silence.
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