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11/25/2012

Jeff Sampson - Swarm (2012)




9.3

/Minimalism, Dark ambient, Avant-garde, Soundscapes, Drone, Ambient drone, Experimental electronica, Abstract, Ambient noise/

Comment: indeed, the title and coverprint may hand on the essence of this one-track composition. Sampson`s oevre sounds like glowering movement of a swarm of deadly African bees somewhere in the middle of a road over to another continent. Or on the other side, you can imagine it chimes like the tape head at distorted, blurred tapes. Indeed, it is genuinely minimal, however, providing some variegation in intensity as if running on gravity and without the feeling of gravity. In a word, it is a highly abstract and contemplative composition throughout its 42 minutes and 3 seconds.