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Артист: Vidna Obmana Альбом: Echoing Delight, 1993 Издатель: Extreme / XCD 022 Жанр: Ambient, Tribal Формат файла: WavPack (playable ZIP) - CUE, LOG, Covers embedded Ссылка: CD 20 clicks Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia Примечание: To extract CUE, LOG and/or covers from this file, open it with WinZIP, WinRAR, or 7-Zip. For playback in separate tracks, open it in foobar2000.

TRACKLIST

1. Winter Mouvement . . . . .8:06 2. Crystal Travelling . . . .9:30 3. The Empty Night. . . . . .7:54 4. Echoing Delight . . . . .17:41 5. Narrow Gloom (Part 2) . .10:07 6. Glass Splendour . . . . .14:55

SPOILER!

CODE Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009 EAC extraction logfile from 28. July 2009, 18:20 Vidna Obmana / Echoing Delight Used drive  : HL-DT-STRW/DVD GCC-4241N  Adapter: 1  ID: 0 Read mode              : Secure Utilize accurate stream : Yes Defeat audio cache      : Yes Make use of C2 pointers : No Read offset correction                      : 102 Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes Delete leading and trailing silent blocks  : No Null samples used in CRC calculations      : Yes Used interface                              : Installed external ASPI interface Used output format              : User Defined Encoder Selected bitrate                : 768 kBit/s Quality                        : High Add ID3 tag                    : No Command line compressor        : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\wavpack.exe Additional command line options : -hmxd -w "GENRE=%m" -w "DATE=%y" -w "COMMENT=Released by a-one" %s %d TOC of the extracted CD     Track |  Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector     ---------------------------------------------------------         1  |  0:00.00 |  8:06.37 |        0    |    36486          2  |  8:06.37 |  9:29.45 |    36487    |    79206          3  | 17:36.07 |  7:54.60 |    79207    |  114816          4  | 25:30.67 | 17:40.73 |    114817    |  194389          5  | 43:11.65 | 10:06.22 |    194390    |  239861          6  | 53:18.12 | 15:27.70 |    239862    |  309456  Range status and errors Selected range     Filename C:\Rips\Vidna Obmana - Echoing Delight.wav     Peak level 71.4 %     Range quality 100.0 %     Test CRC 2EBCEBAB     Copy CRC 2EBCEBAB     Copy OK No errors occurred End of status report

SPOILER!

CODE REM GENRE "Ambient, Tribal" REM DATE 1993 REM DISCID 47101E06 REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb5" CATALOG 0000000000000 PERFORMER "Vidna Obmana" TITLE "Echoing Delight" FILE "Vidna Obmana - Echoing Delight.wv" WAVE   TRACK 01 AUDIO     TITLE "Winter Mouvement"     PERFORMER "Vidna Obmana"     INDEX 01 00:00:00   TRACK 02 AUDIO     TITLE "Crystal Travelling"     PERFORMER "Vidna Obmana"     INDEX 00 08:00:62     INDEX 01 08:06:37   TRACK 03 AUDIO     TITLE "The Empty Night"     PERFORMER "Vidna Obmana"     INDEX 00 17:32:62     INDEX 01 17:36:07   TRACK 04 AUDIO     TITLE "Echoing Delight"     PERFORMER "Vidna Obmana"     INDEX 00 25:26:41     INDEX 01 25:30:67   TRACK 05 AUDIO     TITLE "Narrow Gloom (Part Two)"     PERFORMER "Vidna Obmana"     INDEX 00 43:03:14     INDEX 01 43:11:65   TRACK 06 AUDIO     TITLE "Glass Splendour"     PERFORMER "Vidna Obmana"     INDEX 00 53:13:63     INDEX 01 53:18:12

Vidna Obmana, the project of Belgium-born Dirk Serries, practiced electronic soundpainting on the ambient trilogy begun with Passage In Beauty (1991), but Echoing Delight (1993) shifted the emphasis towards spiritual and tribal evocations. This is the genre in which Serries gave his most original and poignant works, first Spiritual Bonding (1994), a collaboration with Steve Roach and Robert Rich, and then Crossing The Trail (1998).

Serene atmospherics that emerge from the cavernous depths as sonic waves. These sounds are created by the use of synthesiser, samples, didgeridoo and a variety of ethnic instruments, formed layer upon layer. Amidst this density are combined percussive instruments, sometimes subtle and seductive, other times prominent and punctual. It is this considerably large palette of sounds that makes Echoing Delight a significant release for Belgian composer Vidna Obmana.
Whilst the use of synthesiser and other electronic sources has become the foundation of his work, ethnic instruments are featuring more in the music. This expands the range of moods and textures that are experienced on Echoing Delight. An album to permeate the space around you when played at low volumes and when played loud, offers a kaleidoscope of music to explore. Electronics, percussion, bells, gong, vocals and found sounds meld in a meditative stream.
Vidna Obmana has enlisted the talents of fellow Belgian musicians Djen Ajakan Shean, for drum programming and percussion on "Narrow Gloom (part two)", and Tom Kloeck, for pottery shells, rainmaker and gong on "Winter Mouvement". Vidna Obmana's live performances throughout Europe continue to be enjoyed by more and more people, with the Echoing Delight concert already being favourably received in Belgium.
Vidna Obmana has been acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for his collaborative undertaking, "Terrace of Memories", with Sam Rosenthal on the Projekt label, U.S.A. He already has an impressive list of solo releases, with the commissioned work for the Belgian Aquarium also a highlight.

You're floating in an unearthly atmosphere; a bit foreboding, yet strangely relaxing. Beautifully abstract sounds radiate and shimmer around you. Either you've died and are undergoing some heavenward journey, or you've popped in this Vidna Obmana disc.
Out of the silence something slowly evolves (the opener, Winter Mouvement, fades in so slowly you'll be checking your volume control) and even when it reaches its full strength, it's a very quiet, yet very living entity. Vidna Obmana is an electronic musical artist in the truest sense of those words; his works are created with "electronics, loops, processed tapes, drum programming, percussion, voice and didgeridoo".
The music swells and swirls; it seems almost gaseous, a vapor of sweeping tones. All the tracks are in fact built of the same amorphous material and follow the same cycle of fading in and out. Honestly, it doesn't do these pieces justice to dissect them; they're meant to be experienced, not scrutinized. My clumsy efforts cannot reveal the ambience that flows and washes over me during this tranquil hour.
Crystal Travelling continues the ethereal shimmering, but also adds a light third world-ish beat and cymbal. The swirls of sound fade in and out, but always seem distant, unreachable. The aptly named Empty Night reminds me more of outer space than the others. It's beatless, a duet of starshine and void. It's also the CD's shortest cut at 7:50.
The title track, Echoing Delight follows that now-familiar pattern (for 17 and 1/2 minutes). Slow fade-in, shimmer/swell with subtle percussion. The beat seems ancient, weathered, and the long sweeps sound faintly like angelic choirs this time through.
The rhythm is more active, yet still quiet and subdued in Narrow Gloom (part two). Drum programming and percussion are handled on this track by Djen Ajakan Shean, perhaps that explains the comparatively busy beat.
Glass Splendour is more of the same, with less percussion this time.
Yes, the tracks are very much alike. It may sound tedious in print, but it's like having six days of perfect weather in row... they're all wonderful for the same reasons. So what if the only difference is that the breeze is blowing from a slightly different angle?
Though I love this stuff, it's not just anyday listening material; but when I want something soft, mysterious and unobtrusive, it creates a perfect atmosphere. You may or may not feel the same way. For overall artistic ambient achievement, I'm bestowing both thumbs upon this work.