Title: Two-Sphere Geometry
Artist: Abbildung
Genre: Ambient
Release Date: February 2008
Label: Essentia Mundi
Album Review
The only clear thing about this ambient project is that it actually exists and was founded by the mysterious Casian. The ideology of ABBILDUNG, therefore is as detailed as it can get. ABBILDUNG approaches a clear distinction between what it shows (music) and what it expresses (ideology). ABBILDUNG defies the ambiguous tries to wordy and logically define music itself and its experience.
‘Two-Sphere Geometry’ is not the first release of ABBILDUNG. The earliest release dates back to the year 2005 and is called ‘Dunkles wissenschaftliches Sachverhalten’, but this is about the newest opus and so we start our journey into the ‘Two-Sphere Geometry’ now with ‘Dark Pole Rising’, a seemingly shapeless dream entity, but the first look or listen is deceiving. There’s a form after all, you just have to reveal it. Dark and deep drones guide us into unknown spheres of limitless vastness, whereas indefinable noises and sounds take shape to get lost in the blackness of space forever, where suddenly distant melodies are born and cymbals distract our attention for a short moment. The feeling of being weightless takes control of us in ‘Outside the Sphere’ we’re getting drawn through a long tunnel, harbouring steady-paced drum patterns, which disappear when we reach the gates and for the first time witness the unbelievable height of the spheres. Another feeling starts to spread from within as the first tones of ‘Vastness, Alone’ reach my Ears. The feeling to be the only living being, left on a deserted and devastated planet and I start to explore the lonely streets and only find fragments of a better past long gone. The ‘Decreasing Entropy Attractor’ tears me out of my lethargy as crystalline drum beats emerge amidst ghostly sounding synth layers pairing each other and create a whole new sound structure out of it.
The ‘Call of The Hyperspheres’ is approaching and with it the longest track with duration of over 14 minutes. It’s like a living, breathing creatures we have the chance to accompany through its countless stages of evolution, encompassed by a soundtrack of the most intriguing, tones, melodies and drones you can imagine. ‘Through The Singularity’ throws acoustic; as well as long-release e-Guitar lines into the mix, melting with the breathtaking beauty of haunting ambient layers. When you’re closing your eyes, when ‘I am (Orbitting)’ arises, you’ll soon find yourself drifting weightlessly over a planet, which Is making its way on a predestined course through the universe, imbued with tiny melody fragments that appear to jump from one note to the next. The ‘Droning of The Spheres’ puts me in a state of slight unease; it arouses the feeling of a threat that is slowly drawing closer, we can’t do anything against. Additionally a DVD is included with a video called ‘Two-Sphere World’ which proves to be a visual extension to the album theme, showing grainy footage with Cosmonauts (Only a presumption, because it’s not clearly recognizable) together with burning suns and icy landscapes.
‘Two-Sphere Geometry’ surely is one of the best productions of the ambient genre, I’ve heard this year. Every sound is crystal clear and the atmosphere of the individual tracks reaches far beyond the usual borders and captivates the listener. The video clip link the audio to a visual component
Tracklist
01. Dark Pole Rising – 6:31
02. Outside the Sphere – 4:00
03. Vastness, Alone – 8:00
04. Decreasing Entropy Attractor – 7:07
05. Call of the Hypersphere – 14:42
06. Through The Singularity – 5:12
07. I am (Orbitting) – 5:24
08. Drone of the Spheres – 8:25
Line-up
Casian – All Music & Production
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