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What’s On Tap: You no like
ambient? You no read review. Capeesh?
A couple days
ago, I spent the better part of a very dingy, rainy day
driving around an acutely industrial area of Oakland for work.
Normally, I’d take such an opportunity to spin some dismal,
primordial black metal, but realizing how unbelievably overdue
my review for the latest Objekt 4 release was, I
decided to don my ambient hat and put my ears to work. As it
turns out, Her Face Among
the Shadows was a perfect fit for my afternoon’s dip
into the urban, steel tangle.
Much like Anders
Peterson’s previous works, Her Face Among
the Shadows is firmly rooted in the ominous neck of the ambient
woods. Eight tracks of moody, often ethereal soundscapes
that’d sound just as comfy pouring forth from a massive,
looming iron-smelting plant as it would in the hull of an
abandoned, corroding, aimlessly floating space barge. Loops of
miscellaneous clanks, bleeps, scrapes, current flows, and
chain clatters help to hold the listener’s attention, but it’s
Peterson’s sporadic use of (hold on to your hats, metal fans)
hip-hop beats on a few of these tracks that ultimately made
this record fit so snuggly along side my rainy day's journey
through the graffiti-riddled industrial span of
Oakland.
In the end, Her Face Among
the Shadows isn’t exactly the type of release scores of
metalheads will be scraping up couch-change in order to
procure, but at a mere $10 delivered to your doorstep, I’d say
it’s a worthy investment for our more adventurous visitors
that occasionally find themselves faced with ambient music
pangs. Another quality release from a man that’s quickly
becoming a prolific force in the genre.
| 11/17/2006
1:15:27 AM |
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on
a drive like that....I would have spun some Red Harvest
myself.....
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| 11/16/2006
6:07:26 PM |
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Great
review here. I love ambient, and you have successfully
piqued my interest, Mr. Wuensch.
#37209 |
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| 11/16/2006
10:13:28 AM |
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Ya
know, Adrian, I screwed up. The production score was
supposed to be *5.5*. A slip of the mouse. See what
happens when you submit a review late at night and go to
bed? Honestly, there's not a whole hell of a lot bad you
can say about the production at all. In fact, you can
get this record with DTS 5.1 surround sound as well...if
you're into that sorta thing.
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| 11/16/2006
8:50:29 AM |
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What's
with the dip in production? I know it's an ambient
record, but is it the production...or the load of low
end? Anyway, I love these guys and I'm really interested
in hearing the inclusion of hip-hop beats. I'm a bit of
a fan of hip-hop, so this should make for an interesting
listen.
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