la sagesse du destin wrote:Please,Michael can you give us your first impressions about Booster II
Charles
Ok, so total playing time is 138 min 53 sec, the new tracks add up to 52 min 46 sec, that's 38 % of the total playing time.
Oracular World is 1:55 longer than on Autumn in Hiroshima, but the way this has been achieved at the 2:40 mark sounds weird to my ears. But maybe it's just me, so waiting for other people's comments on that.
My first impressions regarding the new tracks:
Cloudburst Flight 2008: Sounds like being played "live" in the studio. Bernhard Beibl masters the guitar solo admirably perfect! The electronic drums appear a bit too creaky for my taste though. Maybe I'll get used to it.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Lots of things happening here: After a slow beginning, it's Froesian guitar meets Schulzian sequencer, but framed by modern TD sounds - I think it's a track any TD fan will like. It has a fresh sound and structure and is not reminiscent of recent releases.
The Last Wave: Starts off with the sequence from "Great Barrier Reef" (on Ambient Highway Vol. 4, or Tangents CD 5), but then it slowly melts into a different, more polyrhythmic direction after a minute or so - well done!
Desert Dream (Palm Desert Version): What can I say, it's exactly "Desert T. Dream" from TD plays TD. Nothing wrong about Desert T. Dream, great track, but because it was labelled as a new version, I'm disappointed about this one.
La Boca Race: A different "morph" of "Run To Vegas" from Anthology Decades Vol. 1. Compare sequence fading in at 4:53 in the Vegas track, here it starts at 0:40. Atmospherically the music goes a bit into the "Armageddon in the Rose Garden" direction.
Tomorrow Never Knows: The rhythm faithfully reproduces the rumbling charm of the original Beatles version. Quite a spacey track. I like it.
Sunshift: Entirely new track, style is comparable to the last two tracks on OTO: Edgar showing his skills in building an atmosphere just by transposing a sequence, accompanied by familiar female voice and choir sounds.
Beyond The Cottage And The Lake: Oh this is beautiful! There's a chord progression at the start that reminded me of White Eagle, but only for a moment. What follows is a pearl of a nice, catchy tune.
So all in all, there's something here for everyone I think.
Lets hope the Royal Mail can serve us well this time
