Jonas Reinhardt - Powers of Audition

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3...according to our Clinton on Fri 05 Mar, 2010.

Kranky is another label with barely a mis-step to its name. Here is the second album by Jonas Reinhardt which has a synthetic, synthesized feel recalling those late 70's/early 80's behemoths of synth rock Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis. The likes of Trans Am have veered into this territory on occasion in later years but I'm really not sure about it. The sounds used are almost universally horrible - recalling later Tangerine Dream and nightmare image of triple gatefold albums and Rick Wakeman performing 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII' live on ice. If the idea of all of that appeals to you then you may well like it but its really nothing I'd ever really want to hear again.

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Jonas Reinhardt continues his cosmic flight inward on Powers of Audition. The instrumentation from his debut album expands here to include acoustic drum patterns, guitars, and woodwinds alongside synthesizers and electronics. Together, these voices seamlessly twist and meld into a singular aural journey. This is music of the spheres for an electronic era where new age visions are re-imagined through a lens of experimental rock.

The titular concept behind the album, drawn from ideas of the post-war avant-garde, refers simply to the human capacity to audition sound and fill in blanks where the composer leaves space for interpretation.

Jonas explains: "Each of the songs is meant to engage the listener's innate power of audition to fill in intentionally left blanks. These occur throughout the recording where there is either diminished narrative resolution or explicit sectional movement meant to provoke an auditory response."

The result is a mesmerizing journey to cracked and digitized moonscapes where Reinhardt's transparent relationship
with instruments, sound, and form are made whole and hints of a beat-centered future are just around the corner.

TRACKLIST: 1.Mumma Deed Family Clone 2. Atomic Bomb Living 3. Orbiter Dicta 4. Only You Can Achieve Nitrogen 5.Near Mirrored Pit Viper 6. Powers Of Audition 7. Wastrel Eyelid

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