Jamendo : Ambientology

Ambientology

by Simon Slator

ambient newage electro planant minimal soundscape synthesizer tacambient

2 tracks

40:48

	1	Ambientology 1		20:20
	2	Ambientology 2		20:28

Album description

AMBIENTOLOGY

Ambientology (subtitled Music for Headphones when originally released) is an album of 2 soundscapes featuring little nuances that are best picked up by listening closely over headphones.

The album was originally released in March 2004.

CREDITS

Written, Produced and Performed by Simon Slator

Recorded at home, January-March 2004.

Instruments/VSTis used: Absynth, Pro-53

Reviews

SaReGaMa

Slothful

17/02/07

What do you call holding one chord for 20 minutes and playing repetitively 3 notes? Some will call it Minimalism, I call it "being lazy". It looks like the artist didn't burden himself too much with thinking of an idea. It sounds pleasant though, but 5 minutes of it would do it. The second part was much more interesting. Like the folks said - listenable, but not brilliant.

chundermachine

Sounds rushed

16/03/06

Sorry, mate - wasn't overly struck on "Ambientology". Some moments of good chillout, especially on the second part, but the first just seems so rushed. Yeah, "Four Patterns" came about very quickly, but that technique doesn't always pay dividends.

Listenable, but not brilliant

Phrozenlight

driftin, meditation

25/07/08

a nice album,
good to listen to when you are down ;)

umweltfreundlich

Minor blip

08/04/06

Last but not least, there's "Ambientology". Considering the strong body of work Simon has produced, this is kind-of a weak link in the chain. I think on the other albums I've heard, there's been a certain amount of focus and concept, whereas this album tries to make something out of a particular technique as opposed to something tangible.

Not bad but not brilliant - but for those who follow his music chronologically, this is little more than a blip as he returned to exceptional form with "Skylight".

So that concludes my series of Simon Slator reviews (until the next one). Right... who's next?