Digitonal - the centre cannot hold

Label : SEED
Catalogue number : seedcd10

Release date : 2005

 

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New release this time on Seed Records from Digitonal with ' The centre cannot hold '.

' Maris Stella ' mumbles into the picture with a smooth string like callings and waterfall lush vocals from ambient vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw ( heard before with Opus III and Orbital ). A truly full three hundred and sixty audio display, as bassy hissy grenades melt over classic violin strings and glass like structures which self build from the materials scattering the floor below. Attention grabbing stuff.

' Snowflake Vectors ' really shows you what Digitonal are all about, with stylish strings blended together with electronic bubbles and endlessly folding paper shapes that take the form of smiling faces. Really protective sounds almost botl you into their clasp like grip as scattering beats skip around the room taking smooth edges cuts out of the walls to create a camouflaged message that you can just make out. Really special stuff. ' Cantus V ' continues the generating sound symphony that Digitonal have coarsing through your bloodstream without you knowing. With a mixture of haunting strings, rebooting machinery and audio expeditions that keep you listening and opening up parts of your hidden mind you didnt realise was in there. Round this all off with a ribbety bassline melody that takes it to another level, and basically its all good.

' Amberkneiss ' expands and amplifies the geometric shape that you travel in, and begins to form new mathematically insane sections for you to marvel at through a series of regurgitating beats which flop over each over in slow motion. Squelchy messages are played out in a different world as the melody takes on a soundtrack esque epicness to it, with a huge feeling of something special ius being layed out here. Just check it out.

' The centre cannot hold ' is a stunning release from Digitonal, even going near to surpass the masterpiece that was ' 23 things fall apart ' on Toytronic. It is a pure creation of symphonic callings, tied together with electronic excellence that forges its own musical path that only Digitonal can control, you dont get to hear stuff this fresh and inspiring very often at all, so dont miss out.


Sam

 


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