KEITH BERRY : VIABLE SYSTEMS 2 digipak CD - Brian Eno Harold Budd etc

Description: BRAND NEW WRAPED CD V I A B L E S Y S T E M S 2BY KEITH BERRY -------------------------------R E V I E W S Regular readers of my reviews (I sees ya) will remember I said that although Joan Shelley's new album, 'Like The River Loves The Sea', didn't push any boundaries in folk music, sometimes it's just nice to hear a collection of well-crafted, beautiful songs. This is also how I feel about Keith Berry's new album 'Viable Systems 2'. Although it doesn't have the strange originality of Benoît Honoré Pioulard and Sean Curtis Patrick's 'Avocationals' project or the beautiful intensity of Ellen Arkbro's work, it's still good to hear traditional ambient music done well. Fans of Brian Eno will find a lot to enjoy about this album. Both Berry and Brian make full use of vast, sweeping synthesizer pads and glacially slow tempos. I suppose 'Viable Systems 2' feels a little more alien than Eno's ambient work. Listening to it feels like you are gliding around some huge synthetic Bladerunner-type landscape. Production-wise 'Viable Systems 2' sounds very balanced and full. This is often to its detriment as I find the most enjoyable ambient music has little imperfections and deformities. If a piece of ambient music is stripped of background noise, of little crackles and sonic blemishes, then it feels soulless and not in a good way. Ambient music should sound like its imbibed that which it exists in. If you enjoy alien-sounding albums that immerse you to the point of mild discomfort, then 'Viable Systems 2' is the thing for you. Norman Records -------------------------------

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Location: Horley

End Time: 2024-09-02T16:11:44.000Z

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