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Brady / Driscoll / Gregorius

Albums
3/4 Peace
36
Atrium Carceri
Marvin Ayres
Peter Baumann
Beledo
Tim Brady
Christoph Bruhn
Calder
Csillagköd
Dal Niente / Deerhoof
Rebekah Driscoll
Eighth Blackbird
frostlake
Friedrich Goldmann
John Gregorius
Hammock
Chihei Hatakeyama
Masayuki Imanishi
ICE
Ionophore
braeyden jae
KAI
Kevin Kastning
Martin Kay
Kireyev & Javors
Millimetrik
Jon Mueller
Christine Ott
Piano Interrupted
Noah Preminger
Gavin Prior
Rapoon
Lasse-Marc Riek
Roach & Logan
Bruno Sanfilippo
Cyril Secq / Orla Wren
Sgt. Fuzzy
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Stick Men+ David Cross
Stratosphere
Syncopix
Tetherdown
Charlie Ulyatt
Wieman

Compilation
Facticity

EPs / Cassettes / Mini-Albums / Singles
Glacis
Dibson T. Hoffweiler
Akira Kosemura
Daniel Lippel
Christine Tavolacci

Csillagköd: All the Time
Spotted Peccary Music

Being Hungarian for “Nebula,” Csillagköd is a fitting choice of moniker for the kind of interstellar soundscaping Olivér Dombi calls forth from his Transylvania home base. An ambient sound designer of the first order, Dombi brings a bent for cosmological contemplation to his music-making, which began in 2001 at the ripe old age of twenty-one. Consistent with the album title, his philosophical view is that when viewed from the vantage point of eternity, concepts such as space and time become meaningless and thus “everything is happening at the same time, all the time.”

On this second full-length effort for Spotted Peccary (Silent World the first), the Transylvanian cybernaut uses synthesizers and programming to fashion a sixty-five-minute exploration of the galaxial spheres that veritably oozes wonder and awe. In ten electronic music settings awash in epic expanses, All The Time ranges between serenading sequences of peaceful quietude and occasional moments of turbulence, and the listener is made to feel as if he/she is witnessing breathtaking vistas of immense magnitude as the voyage continues. In one sequence, rumblings emanate ominously and ethereal tones echo; during another, bright synthesizer melodies strike querulous poses alongside shimmering washes and rhythmic pulsations. The mystery and majesty of deep space are evoked by the haunting stillness of “Long Far Distant” and muted gleam of “Cosmic Ocean,” and as we go deeper into the recording, its material seems to grow quieter, more ethereal.

May 2016