This is another of the very few entire CD's I've downloaded, and it is worth the investment. "Le Ballade..." and "When I See Scissors" are examples of 21st century classical music at its best. Not a bad track, and it peaks with my favorite - "The Struggle". Its labeled 'experimental" aptly because its a glimpse into the future of music. A masterpiece, and I don't use that term lightly.
I wish this duo would put out some more stuff. One of the best of the 21st century.
"Wiltze, who put hopeless shaken grief into "Down 3" and wrote "Mulholland", the two most brilliant tracks of "The Tired Sounds of...", kills you on all but 3 tracks, which are to let the listener breath. Eno has nothing to give this brilliant composer, and this CD is work of a nearly extinct sort: genius that can stand with the best of the Classical masters.
Check out Aix Em Klemm on Kranky too--just as lovely
I'm absolutely loving this album. Absolutely gorgeous, it washes over you with layer upon layer of fantastic melodic beauty. Can't recommend it enough.
This is one of those albums you could put on loop for the rest of your life and it'd somehow never get old. "A Chronicle of Early Failures - Part 2" is my favourite track, with it's deep melancholic textures, but they're all absolute solid gold. Along with Adam Wiltzie's (who is The Dead Texan) work with Brian McBride as Stars Of The Lid, and Brian McBride's solo work, this in my opinion is the best ambient drone music out there.
It's thrilling to me that people are still moving forward in interesting ways with work that Eno began 30 years ago... This is an absolutely gorgeous, completely compelling recording. I could listen to track 11 everyday for the rest of my life... If by chance you're just arriving here, make sure you check out Brian McBride and Stars of the Lid -explore the family tree.
If Debussy wrote Hearts of Space music, it would sound like this.
Stunning, emotive, gorgeous ambient music, with a nice mix of instrumentation and just the right amount of 'human presence' - the wispy vocals in Glen's Goo and The Struggle have the most amazing effect, because they are heard for such a small amount of time in the context of the whole album. I can't recommend this enough. It really inspires me and is a source of great relief that humans are still periodically capable of producing such evidence of our capacity for beauty.
I created a radio station called The Dead Texan, and found similar awesome music. It's my working day soundtrack. Try out the Pandora/Emusic mashup! http://pandora.emusic.com/
