...according to our Maggie on Thu 30 Aug, 2007.
Gnac with 'The Arrival Of Fog' on LTM. It's an instrumental sound track style in which Mark Tranmer utilises the computer orchestras to fine effect. It's quite easy listening at times but other moments take us deeper and darker than you were initially ready to tread. Sometimes he relies on programmed sounds which results in his mix of instruments being ill fitting and unnatural, thus breaking the tender moment he'd just created. However there are enough Parisian pretty moments to give it an old skool thumbs up.All new album (2007) featuring 70 minutes of exquisite instrumental material, including the extended bonus mini-suite Bright Days In Winter. The Arrival of the Fog itself centres on ten pieces recorded in Tokyo, Osaka, Wollongong and Hebden Bridge between October 2006 and May 2007. The moods vary from Barry to Roubaix, Reilly to Delerue. All tracks written, arranged and produced by Mark Tranmer. The sleeve references Belgian Surrealist E.L.T. Mesens. Full tracklist: The Arrival of the Fog, Nautical Episodes, Japanese Fiction, Vetchinsky Backdrop, Vertical Features, Horizontal Happiness, Winter Circus, What to Make of Jagged Graphs, Examples of Bad Driving, Cliques and Clusters, Bright Days in Winter, Winter Blanket.
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