A Greater Bliss
by Wordclock
Mr. Doodlezz
Mr. Doodlezz
Oh boy, where to start. I picked up the album in a Groupee bundle. It's one of those albums that was off my radar, and to be honest: I didn't get it.
Turns out, it's probably the most listened to album in the bundle to date.
To me, with its changing sound scapes, the album revealed itself as an audio sequel to the novel »Annihilation« – when I close my eyes, I see the syrupy shimmer and fungi, that take shape of strangely familiar silhouettes in the mist.
I love the closure of Come, Triumph. Favorite track: Come, Triumph.
Turns out, it's probably the most listened to album in the bundle to date.
To me, with its changing sound scapes, the album revealed itself as an audio sequel to the novel »Annihilation« – when I close my eyes, I see the syrupy shimmer and fungi, that take shape of strangely familiar silhouettes in the mist.
I love the closure of Come, Triumph. Favorite track: Come, Triumph.
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album400 edition CD comes in a beautiful matte reverse board 6 panel Digipak with art by David Glomba
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Meant
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The Spirit Chokes
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Weighed Upon Us
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The Less of Me
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Binding With Briars
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Beatific
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Come, Triumph
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about
Wordclock presents us his 4th album on Cryo Chamber
Religious visions and apparitions form some of the most universal and striking stories and myths. The desire for breakthrough and grasp of bliss through direct experiences has given way to incredibly imaginative visual and intelectual descriptions of sights of gods in both blissful and hellish states . A Greater Bliss draws upon these stories and writings to create a world of sounds that seeks to mimic the various facets of these myths, from the heaviest and most desperate to the blissful and dreamlike.
The album brought together an international collaboration of musicians during its development time. Portuguese composer and project lead Pedro Pimentel on electronics, synths and various traditional instruments of European and Middle Eastern origin, American saxophonist Travis Laplante, Norwegian cellist Amund Ulvestad also on voice, Portuguese percussionist Luis Neto and Georgian trumpeter George Shamanauri (Phonotek).
The resulting album breaks apart and merges together a diverse amount of genres and musical backgrounds in wide swelling motions and dreamlike musical fragments in both free form and mantra like compositions, crashing acoustic instrumentation with tape fragments and digital spectral synthesis. From contemporary and dark jazz to traditional music, neoclassical, ambient, ritual religious music and electronic experimental. Spiritual and Touching.
Religious visions and apparitions form some of the most universal and striking stories and myths. The desire for breakthrough and grasp of bliss through direct experiences has given way to incredibly imaginative visual and intelectual descriptions of sights of gods in both blissful and hellish states . A Greater Bliss draws upon these stories and writings to create a world of sounds that seeks to mimic the various facets of these myths, from the heaviest and most desperate to the blissful and dreamlike.
The album brought together an international collaboration of musicians during its development time. Portuguese composer and project lead Pedro Pimentel on electronics, synths and various traditional instruments of European and Middle Eastern origin, American saxophonist Travis Laplante, Norwegian cellist Amund Ulvestad also on voice, Portuguese percussionist Luis Neto and Georgian trumpeter George Shamanauri (Phonotek).
The resulting album breaks apart and merges together a diverse amount of genres and musical backgrounds in wide swelling motions and dreamlike musical fragments in both free form and mantra like compositions, crashing acoustic instrumentation with tape fragments and digital spectral synthesis. From contemporary and dark jazz to traditional music, neoclassical, ambient, ritual religious music and electronic experimental. Spiritual and Touching.
credits
released September 14, 2021
Pedro Pimentel - Composer, Engineer, Electronics, Synths, Santoor, Saz, Guitar, Bass
Amund Ulvestad - Cello, Voice
Travis Laplante - Saxophone
Luis Neto - Percussions, Production Assistance
George Shamanauri - Trumpet
James Plotkin - Mastering
David Glomba - Artwork
Aaltar System - Design
Simon Heath - Digipak Design
Unbecoming Video - Cyril Rana
Pedro Pimentel - Composer, Engineer, Electronics, Synths, Santoor, Saz, Guitar, Bass
Amund Ulvestad - Cello, Voice
Travis Laplante - Saxophone
Luis Neto - Percussions, Production Assistance
George Shamanauri - Trumpet
James Plotkin - Mastering
David Glomba - Artwork
Aaltar System - Design
Simon Heath - Digipak Design
Unbecoming Video - Cyril Rana
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Cryo Chamber is a record label with a collaborative focus run by Simon Heath (Atrium Carceri) focusing on high quality dark ambient with a cinematic edge.
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