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Artist |
Vitriol |
| Title |
Vitriol I-VII |
| Label |
Neurot Recordings |
| Reviewer |
Vinnie Apicella |
| Rating |
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Something of an organic phenomenon plugged in to the resource of nature
and expelled in a seven-part form of ambient acoustics and spiritual
energy, Vitriol doesn't sound quite as its name implies. Far from anger
or aggression, however, there is a deeply intense feeling conveyed by
this five year old philosophically-led outpouring of soothing sounds --
almost mystical in quality, ethereal and emotive. Without words, save
for a rare instance where muffled rumblings, "Terrae," or part III,
exude any direct attention away from altruistic tendencies or the free
flow of repetitive aura, Vitriol captures one man's journey to achieve
inner peace and the quest for knowledge.
What began as a year long
sabbatical of sorts, Vitriol's composer Ben Green puts his findings in
the purist of detail, capturing natural beauty and an outside world free
of human interference, effectively channeling himself, his discoveries,
his surroundings, into one long passage while subtle guitar
effects --emphasis on effects here, there is no playing, rather the
extensive re-driven feedback that develops through reverberation and
echo as it pertains and emanates with the natural order of things laid
to tape.
Atmospheric, imaginative, soothing and sometimes haunting,
it's a celestial new age introspection into the inner workings of a
world at rest, uniquely different yet available in abundance for those
who would take the time to look beyond their limited view of everyday
existence.
Back From the Edge.
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© 2001 AMZ/music-reviewer.com Robert R. Lewis
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