Ethernet - 144 Pulsations Of Light

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5...according to our Phil on Thu 01 Oct, 2009.

This Ethernet CD on Kranky is well nice. Only a few minutes in and I'm some Gas riddled haze. You see it sounds quite a lot like Gas... It has that muffled stoned haze about it where you feel like you're outside a club off your arse on drugbiscuits. Mind you this is much more chilled out and laid back, but it has a really similar vibe to it. It's well special I have to say!! Total cosmicity is reached within a few minutes of listening to it. There's some elements of Cluster and Harmonia in there 'n all to complete the Kraut kosmische trilogy. If you happen to be floating around in a bubble wearing space clothes hovering leisurely over Venus these are the sounds you'll be hearing. They'll be pumping into your spacesuit as you gently throb and pulse along to the space beats and space rhythms. 144 Pulsations Of Light is CD only...Cosmic man!

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* 144 Pulsations of Light is the debut full length release by Tim Gray under the name of Ethernet.

* Tim states: "Based on my research and experience in using sound for induction of meditative states, I set out to apply trance-inducing sonic effects to drone-ambient music. I recontextualized the deep bass kick sound used in techno dance music as a subdued hypnotic pulse to accentuate the textures. An unprocessed analogue Roland TR-808 was used for this pulse, as well as binaural beats and spatial effects processing to create music to facilitate deep meditation. I blended layers of synthesized textures with organic field recordings made in Central Japan in ’00-’01, and
Northern California between ’03-’08. The intent of the album is to produce an introspective sonic environment conducive to self-healing work and voyaging into new states of awareness."

* While Tim’s description may read as somewhat dry and technical, the sonic landscapes that he composes are anything but. He sculpts textural washes of sound to create immersive, constantly shifting aural psychedelic environments. Hazy, gaseous atmospheres that are alternately arid and humid float above, in and around the muffled pulses used as rhythms. The experience is not unlike that of landing on an alien planet, stepping out of a spaceship, and surveying new terrain.

* FOR FANS OF: Gregg Kowalsky, Stars Of The Lid, Brian Eno, GAS

* Tracklisting: 1. Majestic 2. 5+7=12 3. Summer Insects 4. Vaporous 5. Seaside 6. Kansai 7. Temple

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