Boyle / Raum Zeit
Album: Raum Zeit   Collection:General
Artist:Boyle   Added:Sep 2011
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2012-11-18 Pull Date: 2013-01-20 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Jan 20 Dec 16 Dec 9 Dec 2 Nov 25
Airplays: 1 2 1 3 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jan 24, 2013: The Sunset Life
16 Feb 1010
4. Dec 11, 2012: The Sunset Life
16 Feb 1010
2. Jan 17, 2013: Ghost Trees
4 May 2010
5. Dec 05, 2012: Catharsis
64 Bowed 12 Strings
3. Dec 13, 2012: The Sunset Life (Extended Coda)
25 Feb 2010
6. Nov 29, 2012: The Sunset Life
16 Feb 1010

Album Review
DJ Away
Reviewed 2012-11-10
Ambient/drone/experimental
This five-hour behemoth makes Stars of the Lid look concise. Most of this music works with a common palette of soft, melancholy, and dark synthesized sounds. The recording hiss that cuts in and out during songs adds to the home-recorded feel. Music for ill-lighted places. Recommended particularly for sound-beds and the late night set. NOTE: these pieces tend to end abruptly, so be ready to fade them out manually. Favorites: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-6, 2-4, 2-5, 4-1, 5-2. No FCCs.

Disc 1
1. *(1-1)(7:05)—Serene, warm drones.
2. *(1-2)(13:45)—Deep, aggressive, darkly beautiful drones. Music for an atmospheric horror film.
3. (1-3)(9:18)—Sounds like a few woozy old video game tones slowed down and repeated for nine minutes.
4. *(1-4)(8:20)—Soft, pretty, meandering.
5. (1-5)(7:51)—Lots of soft, dissonant drones flitting in and out.
6. *(1-6)(11:12)—Tinny static that sounds like it’s coming a deep, dark well. Dissonant drones.
Disc 2
7. (2-1)(5:05)—Soft, synthesized, flute-like sounds.
8. (2-2)(8:47)—Melancholy, mysterious drones.
9. (2-3)(7:16)—Dark, swirling. Nausea in a dream.
10. *(2-4)(7:38)—Pretty like standing in the shadow under a tree on a windy day.
11. *(2-5)(14:01)—Eerie bells and drones. The soundtrack to those moments when you think something’s behind you.
12. (2-6)(20:05)—One ocean-floor-deep drone.
Disc 3
13. (3-1)(11:13)—Bizarrely, this is exactly the same track as 1-6. See above.
14. (3-2)(10:20)—Glitchy drones and aquatic field recordings.
15. (3-3)(37:37)—Bells chiming underwater. If you play this, you and your listeners will get very, very sleepy.
Disc 4
16. *(4-1)(7:44)—Nocturnal, autumnal, lush, eerie, beautiful.
17. (4-2)(8:14)—Stop-and-go drones. Dracula’s coming to get you!
18. (4-3)(8:33)—Walking through tunnels. A calm, humming drone.
19. (4-4)(12:43)—Martians taking over the transmitter.
20. (4-5)(18:08)—Transmissions from the howling void of outer space.
Disc 5
21. (5-1)(14:45)—A consistent, deep drone. Pinging synth sounds.
22. *(5-2)(11:16)—A loop of soft, slowly elevating drones. Chimes.
23. (5-3)(9:00)—Synthesized, muddy cymbal crashes. Drones and bells.
24. (5-4)(8:20)—This is exactly the same track as 1-4. See above.
25. (5-5)(8:20)—Looped, cut-up voices. Faint drones.
26. (5-6)(5:05)—This is exactly the same track as 2-1. See above.
27. (5-7)(3:31)—Not on the tracklist. Spaceships firing laser beams at the transmitter.

Track Listing
1. 1 March 2010   14. 4 May 2010
2. 64 Bowed 12 Strings   15. 10 April 2010
3. 26 March 2010   16. 16 Feb 1010
4. 23 Feb 2010   17. 11 March 2010
5. 20 April 2010   18. 11 April 2010
6. 7 April 2010   19. 11 May 2010
7. 25 Feb 2010   20. 16 March 2010
8. 844: 846   21. 27 March 2010
9. 28 Feb 2010   22. 16 May 2010
10. 24 Feb 2010   23. 21 March 2010
11. 22 March 2010   24. 23 Feb 2010
12. 30 March 2010   25. 22 April 2010
13. 7 April 2010   26. 25 Feb 2010
  27. Untitled