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Kuvatud on postitused sildiga Østpreussen. Kuva kõik postitused
Kuvatud on postitused sildiga Østpreussen. Kuva kõik postitused

7/07/2019

Anabasis – Alexander (2016)




  • Art music 
  • Ambient 
  • Avant-garde 
  • Neoclassical 
  • Drone 
  • Dark ambient 
  • Conceptual 
  • Experimentalism 
  • Ambient drone

Comment: this handful of tracks is dedicated to one of the greatest, Alexander the Great who similarly to other outstanding rulers and generals spilled blood to fasten his name in the annals of the history. In fact, as a person he was driven by inferior characteristics like low self-esteem and later megalomania, he probably hated everyone and everything, obviously the teachings and ethics by the greatest one Aristotle didn't reach him. The people around him were just pawns to fulfil his own ambitions. Conceptually the purpose of the Swedish musician Henri Summanen's purpose is to fantasise about the feelings Alexander felt in these crucial moments while occupying new countries, territories and civilizations. Musically it is an epic expression through the mix of ennobling droning and shimmery stringed instruments and reverberant applications behind the sound. One can hear extended chords being stretched over the drones thereby building up an impressive mystical milieu. Furthermore, variegated sunshiny and shadowy elements allow a propulsive, dynamical sensation which overwhelms the course. Inevitably it goes beyond the borders of the aforementioned styles by straddling on more technical (and less emotive) approaches like sound art and electro-acoustic music. The enchanting outing is a part of the discography of a Russian, Svetlogorsk-based imprint, Østpreussen.