Oh my god speaking of neo classical style music heres the new one from Panoptique Electrical. This is the solo work of Jason Sweeney of Pretty Boy Crossover. The first Panoptique Electrical album was a wonderful mix of La Bradford style drones and Hauschka style treated piano. This new one 'Yes to Fear, Yes to Desire' is more of the same. The instruments have a big echoey sound with lots of reverb as if the whole thing is being played in a big old church. The main instruments used are piano's and viola/cello like sounds. The work of Stars of the Lid is brought to mind but although this is somehow a little bit more expansive than their introspection but really that is the closest comparison. The drones are simply beautiful and perfectly weighted. Everything builds at just the right pace and the album seems on first listen to be varied enough to keep the interest up even on a busy friday lunchtime when this kind of music sometimes can fade into the background. I'd highly recommend fans of the afore mentioned bands or those along the Max Richter/Yann Tiersen spectrum give this one a try.
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Sound clips for Yes To Fear, Yes To Desire by Panoptique Electrical: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Sensory Projects, SRP062, £12.39.
The brand new album from Panoptique Electrical, Yes To Fear Yes To Desire is released in August 2009 via Sensory Projects.
The album features 14 beautiful new songs from Jason Sweeney, following on from 2008’s Let The Darkness At You.
Yes To Fear, Yes To Desire is more concise and somewhat more buoyant than its predecessor, but the same ambient corners are there to envelope you.
Track-listing:
01 - Hyvönen 02 - Antony Slow-Up 03 - The Free Form 04 - A & B Stars 05 - I Remember A Little Mountain 06 - Some Rooms Become Us 07 - The Fear Of Being Beautiful 08 - The Desire To Be Beautiful 09 - Framed By Clouds 10 - The Queen Of Iceland 11 - Sound For The Flooding 12 - Noises In The Night 13 - Broad Cast 14 - We Collect Friends
