One of Jason Corder/offthesky's alter egos. I like this one better than the last couple of offthesky releases. Quirky, melodic, and thankfully lacking the air of anxious gloom that seems to be the going thing on recent releases from some artists I have liked in the ambient genre.
‘The ruins of the Spanish House stand on the banks of the river Sava at the heart of the Savamala district of Belgrade. Originally a decadent customs house in the heart of a bustling port, this decaying structure bears the imprint of many generations. Now an empty echo chamber, its walls reverberate with the rumble of the passing freight trains like the sea inside a shell; songs and shouts return distorted from a trip around the flooded basement and exposed structural supports become an unholy set of chimes. All the sounds you hear on this album were recorded on site and nothing has been added that is not of the building itself. This echoic palimpsest is architectural portraiture in sound’.
I'm really not sure how I got to this but, thanks to whomever put me on the search.
It's terrific, most of my favourite elements- droney bits, loud bits, found bits, noisy bits, guitar bits, lots of percussion and some great improvisational vocals.
Been listening through this. So far, contrary to expectation, I like the Haydn best. I know next to nothing about Haydn or his music. And I have this feeling that I am supposed to like Mozart because he seems so synonymous with musical genius in the popular mind (ETA, this thread sources my acquired sense of unease at not getting into Mozart - apparently such a state of being makes me silly and ignorant, :-) ETA2 my goodness, internet debates between earnest-sounding people about which classical composers are the best are depressing. My apologies for invoking them.). But I didn't care for the Mozart much and found the Haydn more striking. Maybe this will motivate me to get into that 24 hour long Haydn set I downloaded recently...
In another vein entirely, before these albums I was very much enjoying this:
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BRIAN! - Wooden Circuitry
Howlround - The Ghosts Of Bush
Howlround - Secret Songs Of Savamala
Gandolfo Pagano: prepared guitar
Fabrizio Elvetico: electronics
Bicycle Music performed by @rolandkuit