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Big Mouse's Ambience One is a hit-and-miss
collection of ambient music in the style of artists like Aphex Twin (circa
Selected Ambient Works II) or, at times, A Produce (his less-rhythmic work).
"Bells" has repeating low bell tones and equally deep drones. "Jade Matowa"
is quirky and a bit humorous as one of the samples used seems to be that a
mouth harp (ambient swamp frog music?). "Grassy Hill in Rain" is a combination
of drifting Aphex Twin mixed with Tim Story melancholy. "Sunny Woods" is a
pleasant ambient music trip into a forest, courtesy of well-mixed nature sounds.
But a lot of what's here is darker, like the scary "Ships Passing On Foggy
Night" which uses its atonalities and rumblings to good effect, or the appropriately
titled "Swirling" with lush minor-key synths. The album ends with the solid
"Wave" which should bring A Produce to mind for anyone who has heard one of
his CDs. The album's "misses" include the opening cut, "Herald, Eyes Down,"
with its jarring (and way too repetitious) rhythmic distortions and "The Big
One" which combines what sounds like a Franklin Delano Roosevelt speech excerpt
and some Islamic minaret chanting, with underlying drones. On balance, though,
there are more than a few good moments on Ambience One. Recommended, with
those two reservations I listed, for darker drone-style ambient fans.
~Wind & Wire, http://www2.bitstream.net/~billb/electronic_and_progressive.htm#mouse
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From the Burning ass list amist ppl arguing about having
to comp DJ's "also live PA, the innovative stuff. whatever those 2 d00ds were
doing Sat. a.m. when I went out to do my 6 a.m. greeter shift was just The
Shit, all spacey & echoey and LIVE, fucking awesome, it kind of re-defined
camping out for all time. imagine just drifting off to sleep like with that
wafting over youah eahs.... last time I heard that Shit was at Burning Corn,
of course punctuated by the blasts of bottle rockets & other explosives...
~Anon, Playa del Fuego email list
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"Grassy Hill In Rain" is awesome! Musical Art,,, I love the idea! Great Work!
I was in the neighborhood and dropped by to say hellO!
Lance ByteMe, mp3.com
- Hi, my name is Evan, and I am the
"electronic music specialist" on staff at MP3.com. I just wanted to drop you a note and commend you for
some provocative, brilliant, and inspiring sounds. I have a long time fascination
and interest in tribal cultures, body mods, and different "states of being".
Your music inspired an inner remembrance of who I am, and I would like to
begin a dialog... Get back to me.
~Evan, mp3.com
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