Transtemporal Empires
General
| Aug 2007
Reviews
David McWade
Reviewed 2007-10-30
Reviewed 2007-10-30
Lush (but often dissonant) ambient-celestial often mixed with classical, drone, industrial or post-industrial or electronic sounds of various types. (Track 5, 7 are particularly industrial-percussive). Some of it is like taking the classic Arcana Coelestia compilation, which goes way back, and updating it. Mufaor, even YIF would probably like this. On the other hand some of the songs here are not as profound as that material (but still beautiful) and so Brian Eno circa Discreet Music or Vidna Obmana would be appropriate things to play this next to. Most tracks are lengthy. Other than previously mentioned, try: 2, 8, 10
1 Dissonant
2 Lovely, classical, very lush
4 Lush, dissonant and heightened neo-ambient feedback, develops somewhat, stays on theme, seems like an exercise
5 A complete break: balls-out industrial pounding, ambient-celestial and noisy parts, mixed in with dissonant ambience
6 Minimal drones, short
7 Post-industrial, industrial, noisier parts, develops
8 Lovely, taking Steve Reichian repetition to a whole new level
9 Haunting drone, classical orchestra from the netherworld warming up
10 More beautiful dissonant classical material
1 Dissonant
2 Lovely, classical, very lush
4 Lush, dissonant and heightened neo-ambient feedback, develops somewhat, stays on theme, seems like an exercise
5 A complete break: balls-out industrial pounding, ambient-celestial and noisy parts, mixed in with dissonant ambience
6 Minimal drones, short
7 Post-industrial, industrial, noisier parts, develops
8 Lovely, taking Steve Reichian repetition to a whole new level
9 Haunting drone, classical orchestra from the netherworld warming up
10 More beautiful dissonant classical material
Recent airplay
Mirrar Kalyx
Living Souls — Dec 06, 2007
Alphamirrar (Green Emerald Mix)
Memory Select — Nov 16, 2007
Surface 3
That's not bluegrass- really! — Nov 16, 2007
Graft 1 - Bicameral
Brownian Motion — Nov 14, 2007
Charting
2007-11-11 — 2008-01-13
Classical/Experimental
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 9 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Ascension | ||
| 2. | Biocentenary Chorale - Alpha Mis | ||
| 3. | Mirrar Kalyx | ||
| 4. | Phrygian Metals 1 (The Strange Attractor) | ||
| 5. | Surface 1 | ||
| 6. | Io (Segue) | ||
| 7. | Matrix4 - Dopplaquartal | ||
| 8. | Alphamirrar (Little Feet Mix) | ||
| 9. | Graft 1 - Bicameral | ||
| 10. | Folia / In Quantum Prisms | ||
| 11. | Graft 2 - Equipoise | ||
| 12. | Aer Luna / Aurore | ||
| 13. | Surface 3 | ||
| 14. | Phrygian Metals 2 (Metal Haze) | ||
| 15. | Alphamirrar (Green Emerald Mix) | ||
| 16. | Biocentenary Chorale - Beta Mix |