Rockets, Unto The Edges (GER)

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:55:33
Personnel: Robin Rimbaud (vocals, guitar, electronics); Patricia Rosario (vocals); Michael Gira (guitar). Though ROCKETS, UNTO THE EDGES OF EDGES has all the digital collage experimentalism of Robin Rimbaud's earlier works and features plenty of TV and radio samples, it's easily Rimbaud's most accessible, emotional work so far. Opener "Sans Soleil" features what might be Rimbaud's first attempt at vocals--his pensive hum sits delicately over the gentle strumming of Michael Gira's acoustic guitar while digital ambience skips underneath. The track is certainly minimalist, but what comes later in the album could hardly be called the same, as epic, tribal rhythms flare amid clanging ominous beats in the Bernard Herrmann-esque "Through Your Window." "The Last European" is similarly massive in form, with brutally stretched beats mingling with keyboard notes extended into bass sounds. Patricia Rozario's fragile soprano lends an airy bird-like prettiness to "Anna Livia Plurabelle," her voice wafting gracefully over strings and piano tinkerings. There's is also a new accessibility in "Yellow Plains Under White Hot Blue Sky," which bares some resemblance to Massive Attack's "Inertia Creeps," and "Pietas Illulia" could easily be mistaken for a Pet Shop Boys experiment. ROCKETS, UNTO THE EDGES OF EDGES is a mature, masterfully crafted musical manipulation that's alternately quite touching and relentlessly forceful.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)