Avrocar - Against The Dying Of The Light (2008)

GENRE..... Ambient
LABEL...... Make Mine Music
MODE....... VBRkbps / Joint-Stereo
REL.DATE.. 20-Aug-2008

The clue to the thought processes of Avrocar's second album is
in the press release which details how the band had been
"isolating themselvesà from people and places they would
normally encounter". Appropriately, 'Against The Dying Of The
Light' contains sounds and atmospheres that seem alien yet
familiar, machine-driven yet emotional.

Despite the fact that the band members come from Birmingham in
the dead centre of England, I will forever associate Avrocar
with the sounds of space travel. That's not in a generic
soundtrack sense but in terms of capturing the loneliness, dark
beauty and mystery of being miles from Earth.

Imagine, if you will, that 'Illustrate A Way To Survive' is the
take-off, 'IAC' is a monolithic spacecraft entering orbit and
'Ultra Bronte' symbolises floating gracefully through the night
sky. On another level, 'Dialogue' takes the metronomic heart of
a machine and applies it to melancholic synth washes and distant
female dialogue whilst the title track increases the tension
with great slabs of noise and austere synths. It sounds like a
cliché these days but even instumental fragments such as 'Our
World Is Heaven' and 'Soft Lightning' really do manage to
emulate the poignancy of Boards Of Canada without being
contrived. The record ends with the eerie, metronomic 'From An
Adjacent Field'. Never before has the calling out of random
colours been so compelling.

With the advances (and availability thereof) in technology
today, it's getting easier and easier to be an electronica
artist. What is difficult, however, is to produce a distinct
trademark and an ability to stimulate the listener whilst
conveying emotional depth. Avrocar hit the mark on every count
with this stunning release.

Tracklist:

01 Rayleigh Scattering
02 Iac
03 Ultra Brontè
04 Our World Is Their Heaven
05 Dialogue
06 Illustrate A Way To Survive
07 Against The Dying Of The Light
08 Soft Lightning
09 The Element Library. Visual Deep
10 Near Water
11 Forst Zinna
12 From An Adjacent Field

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