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size=2>«Closer, and farther...there is a constant spatial fluctuation on Thanos
Chrysakis' Errant Waves: a 7-track release built by abstract
crystalline/metallic sounding events, happening on different places around you,
some of them near, some of them far, and is this distance shifting and amazing
space usage, what makes this album particularly fascinating and
intriguing.<BR>Thanos Chrysakis is a London living musician of Greek origin, who
also writes poetry and does experimental moving image making. His work is well
known and has released several pieces through different labels. Now test tube
has the honor and delight to release ‘Errant Waves’, one of the most fascinating
and best structured pieces that this writer has heard in a big while.<BR>Inscape
10 (track number 1) is a sudden window to ‘Errant Waves’; quickly you are
immersed on a strange universe of tiny glitchy sounds and spacey atmospheres.
When you already feel familiar and settled with what's going on, distances begin
to change and the sounds' source move away, just to come right to your face and
then move back again. This song lets you go and grabs you back
constantly.<BR>Inscape 11 is a beautiful short piece, with accentuated bass
frequencies and beautiful chimey sounds.<BR>Inscape 12 starts slowly, like a
dialogue with an alien that is figuring out what to say as he speaks. Suddenly
the track takes an upfront louder mood just to fade away and bring some piano
notes superbly mixed with sine waves and hi-pitched micro bells-like sounds.
Beautiful.<BR>Inscape 13 starts in an amazing way, with a lot of sounds emerging
from everywhere while an expanding/compressing sine wave floats in your head.
The track reaches a peak when you have all those tiny sounds sparkling right
near to your ears just to fade away leaving the background sine alone just to
welcome new beautiful elements and textures that fade and so. Beautiful
track.<BR>Inscape 14 is a short piece with some incidental melodies and
beautiful sounds moving around.<BR>Inscape 15 starts very sudden; this might be
the most emotional piece of the record: there is a sweet melodic low frequency
background sound, serving as a soul behind all those glitchy and crystalline
sounds. A beautiful emotional journey though abstractness.<BR>Inscape 16 starts
very slowly, creating tension and expectation, as new elements appear easing the
tension, and driving the song into a fascinating path of shy crispness and
crystal soundscapes. As the song evolves, a melodic pattern appears, and gives
the song a more narrative meaning. Song ends up superbly with some few elements
fading away very slowly.<BR>This is a very special album, one to be listened as
a whole with no pauses, and that is easy since the structures and progressions
are so dynamic and emotionally grabbing.» - David Velez<BR></FONT></DIV>
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