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Je Ne Trouve Pas La Sortie
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Rise
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Posted: Friday, January 09, 2009
By: Dillon Carlyon
By: Dillon Carlyon
Pulsating, watery effects, and primal, unpredictable beats give way to visions of beauty and disaster.
Integral's album Rise could very well be soundtrack material in the future, as sounds made for horror and suspenseful action abound. Rise will also most likely find its way to the inventories of those who like music that gently massages the mind but doesn't put it to sleep. The mood varies from darkly inquisitive to dangerous, yet every track has a dark, chthonic undertone that implies a journey deep into the earth.
"Digital Drops" opens the CD with a low, deep tone that is gradually accompanied by short modulated chirps that become faster and increasingly numerous, the beat responding in kind by becoming harder and more and more complex. "Temporale" features a hollow, echoing, yet incredibly addictive "drip-drop" effect, which is rounded out by soft distant notes that create an almost choral effect in the background; this song is perhaps the perfect horror video game soundtrack piece. "Distal" makes the mood more energetic with a much faster and more defined structure of electronic percussion, adding breathy accents as the tones in the background go continuously lower and more subterranean. The title track "Rise" is comparatively minimal, with a light, quick, raspy beat placed over long icy background tones that drone on and on into eternity. "Reaktor" brings back a slightly harder, more serious beat, this time with quick accents that are numerous enough to create a laidback drum & bass feel. The final track, "Je Ne Trouve Pas La Sortie" is very different from everything preceding it, with the more organic sound of acoustic guitar backed by occasional background tones that give the otherwise emotive and sentimental guitar a slightly grim, menacing feel.
Rise is ambient music, but it has an atypical, palpable spark of energy that keeps things moving and evolving. Whether one is seeking relaxation or stimulation, this is music that can allow the mind to either lose itself or find itself.
"Digital Drops" opens the CD with a low, deep tone that is gradually accompanied by short modulated chirps that become faster and increasingly numerous, the beat responding in kind by becoming harder and more and more complex. "Temporale" features a hollow, echoing, yet incredibly addictive "drip-drop" effect, which is rounded out by soft distant notes that create an almost choral effect in the background; this song is perhaps the perfect horror video game soundtrack piece. "Distal" makes the mood more energetic with a much faster and more defined structure of electronic percussion, adding breathy accents as the tones in the background go continuously lower and more subterranean. The title track "Rise" is comparatively minimal, with a light, quick, raspy beat placed over long icy background tones that drone on and on into eternity. "Reaktor" brings back a slightly harder, more serious beat, this time with quick accents that are numerous enough to create a laidback drum & bass feel. The final track, "Je Ne Trouve Pas La Sortie" is very different from everything preceding it, with the more organic sound of acoustic guitar backed by occasional background tones that give the otherwise emotive and sentimental guitar a slightly grim, menacing feel.
Rise is ambient music, but it has an atypical, palpable spark of energy that keeps things moving and evolving. Whether one is seeking relaxation or stimulation, this is music that can allow the mind to either lose itself or find itself.
