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Dymons - Druid's Brew
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Morpheus Music
IsraTrance Full Member
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Posted : Nov 29, 2007 13:21
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MORPHEUS MUSIC REVIEWS
STYLE
Dub chill electronic instrumentals liberally coloured with ethnic sounds. Druid's Brew is heady twilight collection with a tribal bent nodding along to infectious dub-reggae rhythms. The synth work on the album is largely comprised of a fairly acidic, effervescent sound palette - squirting, burbling arps and phrases that are often strongly effected and constantly morphing. Underpinning this techno tapestry are bobbing, gutsy bass lines that drive the offbeat keyboard stabs and downtempo beats. Global instrumentation comes in the form of live performance and sampled sound - flutes, strings, guitars and glissendar as well as various percussives: congas, shakers, bells, djembe, darbouka and so forth. Some strong vocal performances from singer Amina Djahnine grace two of the tracks here. Other voices float musing through the air whilst a variety of natural sounds - water, birds, night time ambiences - add to the late hour atmosphere that pervades the whole CD.
MOOD
Druid's Brew delivers a mix of deeply saturated sonic colour - fresh exotic patterns and flavours bubbling up at every new turn. The global material complements the electronic aspects of Dymons' music creating a juxtaposition of sound that blurs the placement of the album both in time and place - stitching diverse cultures and eras into unity. The nocturnal fireside suggestion is particularly strong conjuring up the same indigo and orange hues of the cover imagery in the mind. If you have a real fire you'll probably want to dance round it.
ARTWORK
A tribal psychedelic montage fills the front cover with masked figures glowing in firelight against a star encrusted sky crisscrossed with radial lines. A graphic diamond sits centrally mirroring the artist logo. On the rear, the star theme is further developed, glowing brightly in kaleidoscopic regularity here as backdrop to the tracklist. The inner sleeve of this jewelcase package repeats the tracklist along with a full list of credits and contact details. Opening out, this two panel sheet reveals a generous full spread given over to thanks.
OVERALL
Daniel Symons has worked with drums and global music for many years now playing with various music, dance and trance therapy workshops around the globe. His solo project Dymons is primarily a live dub act, but he also works under the psytrance title Dragons and performs with The Peaking Goddess Collective. This release comes via Elestial Records billed as "Music for the Body, the Soul and the Spirit - a digital & ethnic dub journey". There's naturally plenty of rhythmic action here featuring drums and percussive instruments from around the globe.
WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM
This is a chill album that is strong on rhythm, percussive aspects of the mix driving the sound. Go for this one if you enjoy vivid colour and international fusion to dance to.
More review at www.morpheusmusic.co.uk
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fairystel
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Posted : Nov 30, 2007 22:47
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darkgnome
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Posted : Dec 5, 2007 12:01
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On 2007-11-30 22:47, fairystel wrote:
marvellouuuuuuuuusssssssssssss journey 
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+1
This is a great album B)
Kimi-tachi wa keikoku sareta! |
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