Flint Glass - Circumsounds

‘Contagion & Rebirth’ makes a nod into a fairly different genre: The drum’n’bass on which the whole song structure is based. However it’s drum’n’bass FLINT GLASS style meaning more organic sounding patterns and  towards the end comes such a beautiful string section that it causes you goose bumps. Two remixes of the French project HIV+ are included on this collection; ‘Havoc2007’ and ‘Doors of Perception’ both being perfect examples for Trémorin’s capabilities in creating vast, dark ambient soundscapes that crawl under your skin and wrap themselves around your soul like an impervious shield, supported by stately clean and distorted rhythms. I knew the remix of DISHARMONY’s ‘Sacred Truth’ before, and I still can’t get enough of this broken and bit-crushed drum section over which stretched atmospheric layers and playful noises from various sources are woven. It’s also the only track that is actually featuring vocals.  The mere term Dark is not enough to describe the atmosphere that reigns ‘Fueled’; it is pitch black matter permeating it like a heavy dark haze out of which distant piano sounds reach our ears. The beat emerges s lowly, building up layer by layer until it rushes down on you with full force. ‘Questions & Answers’ continues the dark theme of its predecessor, enriches it with a pulsating drum section and an analogue synth line that is a bit out of tune with the rest of the song. I was wondering how ‘Zotz’ would sound without the influence of EMPUSAE and it has become a much more compact version with more pressure on the drums and an intensified atmosphere. A real smasher comes with ‘Blood for Oil’ fooling us with a calm start; an opera like vocal sample, encompassed by ambient layers, but with the song progressing further comes the interesting part, when multi-layered percussions kick in, followed by a strong danceable beat. The continuous alternation of rhythmic and calm parts with eastern influences provides a worthy conclusion to this collection.