When
this cassette by Valerio Orlandini begins, it comes through in waves
accompanied by high hats. At no point
during this cassette do I convince myself that I know what is going to happen
next, but somehow these various elements that start with the waves come
together and form something that whilst it cannot be completely explained it
does not take away any bit of the pleasure from listening to it.
The
music can be described as electronic, but only in the way that The Beatles can
be described as rock n roll. Through a buzzing tone we enter a series that
sounds like the score from “Jaws” before what I like to refer to as the
uplifting strings come out. It is a
most powerful sequence about overcoming something so greatly tragic and it ends
with some sort of church organ sounds.
On
Side B we get a little bit more of a dreamy sandcastle feel to the music, but
then also it just reminds me of something between the Lord of the Rings
soundtrack and possibly Enya. It is
hard to explain either of those two things if you’ve never heard either before
as they just seem to be in their own genres, yet also they are also such strong
representations of what is to be considered good in the land of new age (which
admittedly is not something I generally tend to listen to on the whole)
Perhaps
the best way to think of this- and reason to listen to it- is that this is
inspirational music for those who do not like inspirational anything. It is something to listen to when you need
to be uplifted in the sense that you need a shot of positivity in your life,
but you don’t like listening to things such as motivational speakers.
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