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The triple CD set Forgotten Tracks compiles 16 studio works realized between 2006 and 2014 by the Dutch duo of Gert Emmens & Ruud Heij. Representing the best of what Berlin-School Spacemusic has to offer, with its mind moving minimal arrangements and spirit of adventure, this collection provides a meaningful experience to the seasoned listener. Finding an ongoing inspiration from their synthesizers the starry soul of this collaboration reveals itself over and over in the mood and mystery of a rare aural flair. The impeccable electrical sonic terrain found throughout Forgotten Tracks is a blurry blend of blossoming synthesizer tones, vintage Mellotron strings and other immaculately crafted sounds. As deeply breathing chords stack up and sustain, motor-like sequencer patterns gain momentum - powering through in a trail of echoing mechanized rhythmic interplay. Built by synthesized strings and harmonies chords move through dramatic progressions. Across vividly imagined distances the spacey swirl of moods and textures rise in quiet force. Synth lead lines soar above a vivid, thickening atmosphere as the music reaches a maximum possible dimension. And as a vast cosmic choir mysteriously ascends through the sound space, brief experimental zones leave us searching the cosmos and beyond. Decades after its inception Spacemusic continues to take musicians and their audiences to new and fascinating places. Emmens & Heij freely exhibit their creative talent and technological craft - in their push toward the limitless horizon.
- Chuck van Zyl/STAR'S END 14 May 2020 |
