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On Aeons (33:42) Guitarist Mark Dwane heads out across an expanse of synthesized sound toward new prospects on the horizon. Traveling amidst those unmarked areas of the star chart this release makes for a captivating, often glorious listening experience. With its celestial choirs, luminous chords and delicate atmospheres the seven compositions contain all the cosmic drama for which this artist has become known. Yet, as widely as it wanders Aeons is a more quietly imagined cerebral journey. The music throughout is bright, shimmering and curvaceous; its sonic imagery ignited through beautiful synth string harmonies and heartfelt lead lines. Further in, an occasional drum kit adds a slow crescendo of texture in potent, enlivening zones of energy and life. These radiant accelerations open up warm and beautiful spaces, then moves us slowly through them - but not so fast as to disturb the rare and expansive realm conjured by this album. Softly sounding in serenity, then darkening down in descending spirals, the way Aeons places us in the universal realm is quite captivating. Although this thought might make Mark Dwane's music seem like it belongs to the heavens, we have always known that the best parts of his work resides right here on the Earth - and lives on within human hearts.
- Chuck van Zyl/STAR'S END 7 August 2025 |
