Title: Shade
Artist: Parallel Worlds
Genre: Electronic
Release Date: 23rd March 2009
Label: Shima Records / Rubber Records
Album Review
PARALLEL WORLDS is the project of GREEK native Bakis Sirros who’s ever since the project’s inception pulled off four acclaimed albums. Now, 2 years after ‘Obsessive Surrealism’ he’s coming back with an all new collection of work, namely ‘Shade’.
‘Frightening Frontiers’ first builds up some muffled rhythmic groundwork and then phases in the notion of a gloomy mood that’s starting to branch more and more becoming a roof of sophisticated and alluring atmospheres as the beat’ s coming out of its muffled hideaway to the front pleasing the ears with its diversified sound design. ‘Entities’ follows a similar strategy regarding the atmospheres toying with different preferably dark-coloured layers piercing through the flipping structures of the rhythmic machines. Bubbling, crackling synths wrapping themselves up in a cloth of nostalgic appearing effects are the foundry of ‘A Moment Frozen’ while droning out melodies circle around inside its enthrals. Undeniably the core piece of the album is ‘Mutating Realities’ going over a distance of over 10 minutes toying with shifting moods and mouldable spheroids of tangible atmospherics dragging you deeper and deeper into the shadowy realms of ‘Shade’. The rhythm admittedly changes as well yet the changes remain on a minor scale ‘Compulsive Mechanics’ in its early stages is like a chaotic swamp of monotonous machine noises but slowly a structure…order becomes audible bringing disquieting undertones up to the surface as well. Only from the distance we hear indefinable sounds and melodies as we’re entering the last chapter ‘Ungreat Certainty’. But during the track’s almost 4 minutes the distance shrinks and the wintry beauty of the tune becomes apparent.
Carefully crafted atmospheres and rhythms is what you’ll get on ‘Shade’ while especially the atmospheres are outstanding pieces of work. Even though the project’s released already 5 albums including this one, this was the first time I ever heard its name but I’m sure to keep an eye on PARALLEL WORLDS from now on and you should as well.
Tracklist
01. Frightening Frontiers - 5:44
02. Entities - 6:32
03. A Moment Frozen - 2:18
04. Mutating Realities - 10:34
05. Compulsive Mechanics - 5:40
06. Not being Mirrored - 8:27
07. Shade - 6:04
08. Urgency - 8:27
09. Towards - 5:11
10. Ungreat Certainty - 3:50
Line-up
Bakis Sirros - Modular Analogue systems & Analogue Synths & Sequencers, vintage & new.
John Sirros - Keyboards & Synthesizers.
Website
http://www.parallel-worlds-music.com/ / http://www.myspace.com/parallelworldsmusic
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 8
Sound: 9
Extras: -
Total: 8.5 / 10
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