CMD - Obscure Worlds (2020)
BAND/ARTIST: CMD
- Title: Obscure Worlds
- Year Of Release: 2020
- Label: Several Reasons LTD – SRRDGTL009
- Genre: Ambient, Techno, IDM
- Quality: lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 57:08
- Total Size: 340 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
1. New Realm (06:03)
2. Crepuscular Rays (07:42)
3. Solar Irradiance (05:08)
4. Obscure Manifestation (05:36)
5. Death of a Galaxy (07:21)
6. Through the Wormhole (06:38)
7. Uneven Landing (02:52)
8. Foreign Nightfall (03:04)
9. Disorderly Awakening (05:36)
10. Displacement (07:08)
On the face of it, CMD's Obscure Worlds is a sci fi-themed techno album, which doesn't do much to separate it from the broader genre. Scratch the surface, and you find an album of detailed techno vignettes that refuse to stand still. In less than three minutes, "Uneven Landing" layers crushed static onto knocking digital debris, with a rapid-fire kick added to the mix two minutes in. On "Obscure Manifestation" a foundation of pulsing static sets the stage for otherworldly peals of feedback. "Death of a Galaxy" reaches toward the undulating bass engineering of an Yves de Mey track. "Through the Wormhole" hints at industrial fuzz a la AnD while maintaining a bit more restraint, with a switch-up in the kick pattern four minutes in that isn't exactly characteristic for techno. Given the density of musical ideas, many of the tracks could have been extended, but they last long enough to satisfy. If the album's concept was intended to prompt a creative, concise set of techno variations, it did the trick. Obscure Worlds feels like getting a glimpse into a techno sound-design obsessive's sketchbook, in the best possible way.
1. New Realm (06:03)
2. Crepuscular Rays (07:42)
3. Solar Irradiance (05:08)
4. Obscure Manifestation (05:36)
5. Death of a Galaxy (07:21)
6. Through the Wormhole (06:38)
7. Uneven Landing (02:52)
8. Foreign Nightfall (03:04)
9. Disorderly Awakening (05:36)
10. Displacement (07:08)
On the face of it, CMD's Obscure Worlds is a sci fi-themed techno album, which doesn't do much to separate it from the broader genre. Scratch the surface, and you find an album of detailed techno vignettes that refuse to stand still. In less than three minutes, "Uneven Landing" layers crushed static onto knocking digital debris, with a rapid-fire kick added to the mix two minutes in. On "Obscure Manifestation" a foundation of pulsing static sets the stage for otherworldly peals of feedback. "Death of a Galaxy" reaches toward the undulating bass engineering of an Yves de Mey track. "Through the Wormhole" hints at industrial fuzz a la AnD while maintaining a bit more restraint, with a switch-up in the kick pattern four minutes in that isn't exactly characteristic for techno. Given the density of musical ideas, many of the tracks could have been extended, but they last long enough to satisfy. If the album's concept was intended to prompt a creative, concise set of techno variations, it did the trick. Obscure Worlds feels like getting a glimpse into a techno sound-design obsessive's sketchbook, in the best possible way.
Year 2020 | Electronic | Ambient | Techno | FLAC / APE
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