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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just let go, 7 Oct 2008
Well, I had not heard any Eluvium before but loving electronica, ambient etc I decided to try it. In fact it is playing as I write this, it arrived from Amazon today.
So I got home from work to find this in my postbag and put it on and fell asleep half way through the second track.
Not a promising start, so when I woke I put it on again and hurriedly listened to the first few tracks. I have minimalistic stuff and thought ok more of that then.
But I didn't understand, I was too hasty, thought I knew better, thought I had it sussed before the cd finished. I was wrong.
This indeed is drift music, swirling soundscapes, loops and waves but with an emotional depth. It commands you to be still, and you will be still before the last track is out.
I am playing it a third time, already it has a grip. By the 'Calm of the Cast-Light Cloud' the point of it all becomes clear, to be still, to be silent, to be at one, at peace and totally adrift.
Quite wonderful.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An absolute masterpiece of subtlety, 24 Jun 2009
It's only been in the last year that I have got into ambient music, but this is an absolute must for any beginner in the genre. The first track alone builds up numerous layers of near-white noise to create one of the most beautiful pieces of music of recent years. Stunning.
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11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If I could grow another limb, this would be it !, 31 Mar 2007
Alright that was a bit hokey - but seriously, you know how when you find something you love, and feel is perfect, and will always love, and will always be perfect, and you never tire of it, and know you will never tire of it, and how it has sectioned off a corner of your brain just reserved for remembering it, and reverberating when it is in contact - well that is this album.
I can't categorise it, because it cannot be categorised - Eluvium are just Eluvium - something classical music might have evolved into if it hadn't got up it's own art and decided that beauty and pleasure were no longer part of it's remit.
Calling it ambient too is a disservice to it. It is so much more than that. It is just simply beautiful music.
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