Aquila - Observations on the Loss of Culture

[Lemmiwinks]

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1 Culture (5:04)

2 Museum (8:46)

3 Identity (6:01)

4 Knowledge (10:00)

5 The Impossibility Of Isolation (6:44)

6 Ritual (11:40)

7 Progress (6:03)

 

A while ago by sheer chance I dicovered this guy's first album Aqua Divae and was totally blown away so I wanted to try out some other stuff from him. Anyway, fast-forward a few years later and I got this one which is his second album and was... dissapointed. This one is on the experimental side of things, I can't really say that any tracks here are trance (classic or goa).

 

Culture starts out with some... breakcore! Wierd, I know, then it goes on like some sort of experimental IDM crossblend.

 

Museum is a track that sounds like some tribal techno and is the one I like best here. There are some interesting ideas and a very slow buildup. It sounds a bit too repeptitive but at other times I found it to be quite enjoyable when in a certain mood.

 

Identity goes back into breakbeatish dark experimental territory. Not really my cup of tea...

 

Knowledge is some beatless ambient. It sounds very mysterious and a bit dark. Not really my thing but I can imagine that under the influences of certain substances this could be pretty interesting

 

The Impossibility of Isolation is some techno made with loops from shaman singings. Again, some interesting ideas, but too repeptitive for me.

 

Ritual is some more beatless ambient with a lot of nature sounds and a bit of a sinister feeling to it all.

 

Progress could be best described as tribal hardcore... very repetitive, a lot of nature influences but an overall distorted sound and kick. Again, interesting but not really my cup of tea.

 

THE GOOD: If you like wierd experimental stuff, especially IDM you might like this

 

THE BAD: My biggest issue with it is that compared with Aqua Divae, it doesn't seem to have a "soul", the tracks just sound like he's experimenting with various sounds.

 

CONCLUSION: Pretty forgetable album unless you like wierd stuff. Otherwise, get Aqua Divae instead, it is MUCH better 2/5