/Space music, Electronic music,
Conceptual, Ambient, Kosmische Musik, Experimental electronica/
Comment: it is nice that musicians are still up
to get inspired by benchmarks with regard to conquering of the outer space by
the human race. Unfortunately there have been way too little space flights into
the space after Yuri Gagarin and US astronauts did it. More profoundly, there
is no qualitative progression to have been since then (it might be the reason
why there are arising conspiracy theories about expressing doubts regarding the
flight to the Moon in 1969 and thereafter, for instance). The flight to Mars
seems to be very far away if not impossible altogether. Of course, it needs a
huge amount of money to prepare it. On the other side, countries are rivalling
with each other to spend their money to get economic, resource-related, and
military advantages and the most worst one is that wasting resources and
annihilating environment around us. As the human race we have no sole fist to
realize our goals. By personal aspect I have no faith into it anymore. It might
be the only aspect what we could realistically do for the cosmos is to protect
our beautiful home planet Earth, the only genuine pearl that we have been
having. The human being is way too stupid to reach it if he/she is not able to change the overwhelming economic order around him/her based on excessive, destroying consumption. The human being is still as clumsy as he/she was many deacdes ago in connection with curing such diseases as high-grade astrocytomas, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and myeloma, for instance. This is a notch of our Mars which needs to be conquered. However, Armstrong by
Livorno, Italy-based experienced electronic musician Massimo Ruberti is a pearl
as well, though a sonic pearl. The titles of it reflect upon Armstrong`s stages
to get into and to be in the outer space and landing on the surface of the
Moon. By listening to it one could experience hyper-realistic emotions wherein
dreamy,glacial-alike synth threads and glimpses used to intersect with the sounds of digital bug filled
radio transmitters where the message of an astronaut coming out of it rings in
a fabulous way. It is quite weird and funny that at the ending part of Moon Ruberti uses a mandolin induced motive
that reminds of a Russian folklore ditty as if depicting Russians landed on the
Moon instead of US-Americans. On the other side, maybe it is a try to
consolidate two nations to have at least one goal to conquer the nearest
planets. By regarding the example the Italian composer extends its scope beyond
usual understanding of electronic music by using exuberant orchestrations and
motives and rhythms in addition to ordinary package of electronic sounds. In a
word, get this album, listen to it. Even if your optimism about space expansion
will not be aroused those sounds and constructions respectively entering into
your ear and brain give you a candidate for the list of the best albums in
2015.
