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ENCOMIAST - Bathed in Sunlight

Format: CD-R Label & Cat.Number: Crucial Bliss BLISS22 Release Year: 2008 Note: oversized full-colour cover which is sewn at one side, profesionally printed, lim. 200 Price (incl. 19% VAT): €10.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info Traumhaftes Album von ROSS HAGENs Projekt, der hier seine dark ambienten Sphären sehr schön mit Ethno- & Folk-Psychedelia-Elementen anreichert (Akustikgitarre, Flöte, Bass, Perkussion, Synths) und sich zwei Mitspieler leistet, sogar Gesang ist beim zweiten Stück zu hören, die Atmosphäre ist sanft & getragen & filigran... "Bathed In Sunlight is the breathtakingly beautiful new full length from the longrunning Denver drone ensemble Encomiast, featuring five lengthy tracks of instrumental bliss from Ross Hagen and company that bring together slowly drifting drones speckled with shifting layers of angelic female vocal harmonies, lilting Loveless-esque melodies, ominous ambience floating over simple hand drum rhythms, dramatic dark pop with strummed acoustic guitars and Ross' deep crooning vocals...and more of the ghostly flute playing that has always set Encomiast apart from the rest of the drone/ambient underground. Fans of Encomiast's previous releases are going to be surprised when they hear songs like "Laughter In The Storm" , whose droning psychedelic folk is unlike anything that Ross has done before, a thoroughly entracing combination of droning electronics and brooding acoustic strum. And then there's the stunning finale "Evergreen", opening with gently acoustic guitar swimming in delay before a gorgeous female voice enters under a slight veil of distortion, like she's singing from the other end of a long distance phone call, the distortion then lifting revealing her voice in perfect clarity. A simple but perfect effect. The melody in this song is likewise simple but perfect, a melancholy hook that is gradually joined by drums and electronic drones as the song evolves, turning into a amazing piece of dreamy ambient post-rock pop. Fans of Encomiast's previous droneworks and the kind of evocative ambient rock that Temporary Residence is known for will LOVE Bathed In Sunlight, which travels the luminescent ley lines between ambient dronescapes, folk music, and post-rock." [label info] www.crucialblast.net