Van Portfleet, Mike / Beyond the Horizon Line
Album: Beyond the Horizon Line   Collection:General
Artist:Van Portfleet, Mike   Added:Oct 2004
Label:Silber Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2004-12-05 Pull Date: 2005-02-06 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Dec 12
Airplays: 2

Recent Airplay
1. Dec 09, 2004: Multiple Personality Disorder
Deep in the Morning Sun
2. Dec 06, 2004: FunkIt!
Deep in the Morning Sun

Album Review
Popcorn
Reviewed 2004-11-16
Mostly glacial dramatic soundscapes from founder
of Lycia. Drony spaciousness, nearly nightmarish,
occasionally with a beat. Deliciously bitter but sticks in your throat and suffocates you.

1)** drony ambient with shamanic beat and colossal
breathing 7:25
2)* well titled 3:23
3) swelling and intense, then sparse fadeout 7:27
4) almost voices more strident than ambient 3:54
5) muddy vocals, guitar w/Vangelis chords & a drum
could be Moby 7:36
6) simple repetition of a melody w/ swelling waaaah
7:36
7)* total dark soundscape 3:12
8) space is the place 10BPM 6:06
9) something is happening deep in the machinery
a distant aah 7:20
10)* marching giant robots (Sky Captain) 7:37

Track Listing
1. Deep in the Morning Sun   6. Night Sky Illumination
2. Echoes of the Lost Sea   7. Dark Gateway
3. Towards the Blinding Glare   8. Strange Star Transmissions
4. The Call of the Horizon Line   9. Stellar Shoeer Begins
5. Stellar Buckshot Awaits   10. Unsettled New Day