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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have followed Biosphere since 1996 and this is up there as one of his best albums.
It has been 5 years since he last released a studio album (Dropsonde - which was also amazing), but it's been well worth the wait. We did have a live album "Wireless", which was great to fill the void between studio albums, especially as I finally saw Biosphere live in 2009 - fabulous!
I could tell this was going to be a great album after 50 seconds into the first song. A haunting hollow melody starts up and the strange machine type sounds in the background complement each other beautifully. As another reviewer said, this does have a more sinister feel than some of Geir's earlier works, but I like my ambient with some darkness. There are a few more beats on some of the songs(Shika-1), but the overall feel is melodic. I much prefer this to Shenzhou, which was too minimalist for my tastes. I like a good haunting melody to complement the soundscape.
The best song for me, by far, is Oi-1. I have already listened to it about 8 times in 24 hours. It starts with a deep hollow bass and a beautiful hypnotic bell driven melody comes in after about 30 seconds. You get a nice splashy beat come in at 1:36 and it is just superb!
My only criticism about the album is that some of the songs could have been longer. Oi-1 could easily have been twice as long and you would still want more. You are really into the song and it just finishes. After listening to some Pete Namlook stuff lately with 16+ minute songs. 4, 5, 6 minute songs seem a bit short (to my ears at any rate).
What else can I say apart from buy it now!
It has been 5 years since he last released a studio album (Dropsonde - which was also amazing), but it's been well worth the wait. We did have a live album "Wireless", which was great to fill the void between studio albums, especially as I finally saw Biosphere live in 2009 - fabulous!
I could tell this was going to be a great album after 50 seconds into the first song. A haunting hollow melody starts up and the strange machine type sounds in the background complement each other beautifully. As another reviewer said, this does have a more sinister feel than some of Geir's earlier works, but I like my ambient with some darkness. There are a few more beats on some of the songs(Shika-1), but the overall feel is melodic. I much prefer this to Shenzhou, which was too minimalist for my tastes. I like a good haunting melody to complement the soundscape.
The best song for me, by far, is Oi-1. I have already listened to it about 8 times in 24 hours. It starts with a deep hollow bass and a beautiful hypnotic bell driven melody comes in after about 30 seconds. You get a nice splashy beat come in at 1:36 and it is just superb!
My only criticism about the album is that some of the songs could have been longer. Oi-1 could easily have been twice as long and you would still want more. You are really into the song and it just finishes. After listening to some Pete Namlook stuff lately with 16+ minute songs. 4, 5, 6 minute songs seem a bit short (to my ears at any rate).
What else can I say apart from buy it now!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download
I really cannot understand some of the negative reviews this album has received. Having started listening to Geir Jenssen's creations back in the 1990's I am happy this is a return to form and a shift more towards Patashnik stylings rather than Dropsonde which I personaly found a bit too loose and off the rails. If in doubt check out the reviews for the CD format which on average come out at 4 out of 5. As some reviewers have pointed out on occasions Geir Jenssen's work takes time to grow on you, Substrata took months to grow on me but when the penny finally dropped I couldn't stop listening to it and to this date is one of my most cherished albums. I have no doubt N-Plants will be up there with it shortly.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
...recorded before the cataclysmic event on March 11 2011, released afterwards.
Geir Jenssen must nevertheless have thought very carefully about releasing this LP given the unimaginable scale of the tragedy in a country where he will, I suspect, have a good many fans. But he HAS released it, without sentimentalism, though it is of course impossible to listen to in the context in which it was originally intended.
The concept, in fact, seems to be a fairly positive one: that despite its well-known dangers, nuclear power may yet have a place in the 21st century. Whilst there is, inevitably a sinister undercurrent to much of the music on this album (there are hissing reactor noises on virtually every track) it's a much less menacing affair than Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity" - an album with which comparisons will, inevitably, be drawn.
Recorded in Poland, the best way for me to describe the sound would be as a mixture of Basic Channel, Tangerine Dream, Eric Serra and Delia Derbyshire. Even without the Japanese earthquake association - which could probably have been dispensed with - this is a very strong release.
Geir Jenssen must nevertheless have thought very carefully about releasing this LP given the unimaginable scale of the tragedy in a country where he will, I suspect, have a good many fans. But he HAS released it, without sentimentalism, though it is of course impossible to listen to in the context in which it was originally intended.
The concept, in fact, seems to be a fairly positive one: that despite its well-known dangers, nuclear power may yet have a place in the 21st century. Whilst there is, inevitably a sinister undercurrent to much of the music on this album (there are hissing reactor noises on virtually every track) it's a much less menacing affair than Kraftwerk's "Radioactivity" - an album with which comparisons will, inevitably, be drawn.
Recorded in Poland, the best way for me to describe the sound would be as a mixture of Basic Channel, Tangerine Dream, Eric Serra and Delia Derbyshire. Even without the Japanese earthquake association - which could probably have been dispensed with - this is a very strong release.
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Have read other reviews, also the one for Pitchfork. Come on people, this is not that good, some ideas maybe but not finished tracks.
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