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Matthew Florianz is one of the world's foremost creators of electronic minimalism. Niemandsland (loosely translated as No Man's Land) is a set of eight interconnected atmospheres that form one billowing soundscape. This is very deep stuff! Matthew's drones move freely within the confines of the chosen listening space. They evoke imagery of gray, cold and barren spaces. This is not dark ambience! It is totally ambivalent. It seeks neither to soothe nor to provoke. Rather, it seeks to isolate and abandon. (Isolation can be frightening and/or soothing – sometimes simultaneously. It can also be ambivalent.) This mind numbing set can best be described as the soundtrack for Purgatory. As the focus of a deep listening session, this CD can have a white noise effect. It facilitates relaxation that is neither pleasant nor disturbing. It is psychoacoustic but not quite psychoactive. This is almost the ultimate ambient music CD. It is perfectly ignorable and strangely interesting. It is also essential. |
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