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230 Divisadero
A Vision of Lost Unity
Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
By: Erica Anderson
By: Erica Anderson
A Vision of Lost Unity is a one song, 20-minute-long EP that conveys a mixture of emotions ranging from angst to loneliness with its blend of ambient, experimental, and folk music.
A Vision of Lost Unity is the first release by 230 Divisadero, a brand new project from Nick Grey of 48 Cameras and Matt Shaw of Tex La Homa, and consisting of only one song that plays for 20 minutes. Shaw and Grey are two musicians who live an ocean apart from each other; Nick is a Canadian while Matt is a full fledged Brit. Some way, some how, the pair manages to overcome the long distance issue and created a 20 minute EP of dull, monotonous experimental music filled with electronic reverberation, the creaky sounds of the cello, and the occasional vocalization from Nick and Matt.
"A Vision of Lost Unity" began as a dark ambient track that has all the right elements for a soundtrack to a psychological suspense thriller or a horror film. The ominous, pulsating electronic beats gently simmer throughout the song. It has a nice yet unsettling resonance that should be heard on the big screen in a post-apocalyptic type of scene. Sadly, after two minutes into the song, the beat becomes tiresome to listen to with its incessant droning. To make matters worse, the eerie atmospheric mood is ruined by an apocalyptic ranting taken from Godspeed You Black Emperor's "f#a#oo," whose appearance was quite distracting. Thankfully, that rant did not last long, and the song returns to the dark, eerie electronic resonance. 20 minutes is an awful lot of time for one song. Combine that with the same tiresome droning, listening to "A Vision of Lost Unity" can feel more like a chore than a pleasure. It can be a pleasant song to have playing in the background, but overall, isn't terribly exciting to listen to as the mood is dreary and tedious. This is strictly for fans of Coil or ambient snorecore.
"A Vision of Lost Unity" began as a dark ambient track that has all the right elements for a soundtrack to a psychological suspense thriller or a horror film. The ominous, pulsating electronic beats gently simmer throughout the song. It has a nice yet unsettling resonance that should be heard on the big screen in a post-apocalyptic type of scene. Sadly, after two minutes into the song, the beat becomes tiresome to listen to with its incessant droning. To make matters worse, the eerie atmospheric mood is ruined by an apocalyptic ranting taken from Godspeed You Black Emperor's "f#a#oo," whose appearance was quite distracting. Thankfully, that rant did not last long, and the song returns to the dark, eerie electronic resonance. 20 minutes is an awful lot of time for one song. Combine that with the same tiresome droning, listening to "A Vision of Lost Unity" can feel more like a chore than a pleasure. It can be a pleasant song to have playing in the background, but overall, isn't terribly exciting to listen to as the mood is dreary and tedious. This is strictly for fans of Coil or ambient snorecore.
