- Post-classical
- Piano
music
- Glitchtronica
- Crossover
- Micronoise
- Avant-garde
- Experimentalism
- Modern classical
- Electro-acoustic
- Contemporary classical
- Art music
- Ambient
Comment:
Patras, Greece-based Stavros Gasparatos (born in 1975) has been
tightly related to music as a composer, sound engineer, arranger,
producer for decades. His 7-track outing
Rage Park is an
organic, "logical" yet exuberant mix of blistering and
soothing sounds, traditional and modern sonic approaches. More
profoundly, the whole body is based on a mindset of classical music
(in turn based on brisk orchestrations and artsy piano sequences)
which is interfered with or split into noises, glitched-out
electronics, vivid drones, open space electro-acoustic effects, rare
overdriven synth flutters and full-fledged beatific ambient and
classical music mixed soundscapes if to name most of them. At times
it reminds somehow of Penguin Cafe Orchestra by its mental grid and
ideological grasp though technically Gasparatos' sound is more
kindred to Eluvium, Tim Hecker, Hauschka, Stars Of The Lid, Max
Richter. Indeed, wide panning and freely blossoming mood is the
obvious reason for comparisons to be drawn with the mastermind of
Simon Jeffes-led combo. Let's call it excellent breathing or
combustion of the album. Given that as a compatriot of the artist
said more than 2500 years ago that something could exist/begin
existing within the borders only – in the case one can enjoy music
which make drifts within the borders of contemporary/modern classical
to a bit beyond the limits of it yet preserving its blissful face and
dynamic nature effortlessly. In a word, it is a truly astounding
output worth to be remembered within lists of the best albums in
2019. I am going to remember. Thank you, Stavros.
