Stochastic Resonance

Stochastic Resonance 1 starts and we are immediately projected into a dark, cold atmosphere of interweaving layers of sound and noise. That it is stochastically resonant I think is undeniable. It has a transcendental sensation to it, which is fitting in nicely with the names so far. Thinking that we are dealing with quite a basic attitude, almost minimalist but complex, i.e. atomic goes subatomic etc. the music relaxes and brings to mind my science studies and the essence of being placid but knowing there's that x-factor, the inescapable necessity of at least an pinch of chaos, to everything at such a basic, elemental level. This track notes the polarity but doesn't hang onto it's golden mean, and rely on doing that for acceptability.

In Vacuo is intensely spacey and remains so, preparing you for the slow motion onslaught of the sound of the spheres. The harmony of the planets and their various satellites. The constant reverberation of every particle in space and that which it makes up, the never ending life of apparent nothingness. Empty your mind and find yourself... in vacuo. Maybe, only in a vacuum can we incorporate stochastic chaos as being integral and necessary as a constant variable. Or am I talking about infinity now? We are such small entities in the necessarily irregular but unstoppable grindstone of the universe, capturing that in music can only be a talent of the few. If anyone does read this, look through my other reviews for my judgement of such talents and other transcendentalisms.

Stochastic Resonance 2 is very cold from the outset, but more grounded now, less aetherial, and heavier. I see strange angles and structures moving in slow motion, reverberating with the sound of denser beings that are nameless and formless, but nonetheless present and fully accountable for their presence. To be anthropomorphic, there be daemons here present but even they are effectively insignificant to the greater nature that darkness is and always will be. That is your stochastic resonance, it is the inevitable blackness we and everything will end up being, but by tuning into such a peculiar wavelength takes some mighty effort, to assimilate such gargantuan concepts. More often beyond our knowledge and wisdom.

Compline is indeed the last service we will make into the great unknown and it's placing in the track listing I think will prove the point, partly of what I've been saying but, and this is down to semiotics again, what was the intent. Have I unlocked Stochastic Reverie and found treasure and pleasure... maybe even an answer, to some degree even? I think this track will be the most accessible one because it appears to be about our 'interface', for want of a better word, our connection with the darkness of chaos as an integral to life itself, let alone our own lives, however rich and varied they may be. This is your one and only chance to come to terms with your progression through the spheres, with the what we call godhead. It speaks for itself. The bit we don't really understand, and can only helplessly conjecture perhaps, at best. There are many paths... As for me, I'm a neo-Luddite, I hate computers but think they are a brilliant tool, but that's it, a tool. We are not so far from using stones, let alone reason with gods, or is it that something we've forgotten too.

Stochastic Resonance 3 is calmer now, it's said it's piece, it's made it's peace, is just is, whether we like it or not. There's an air of acceptance here, more equilibrium it seems, better balance. If it was resignation, it wouldn't sound like this but under such duress there is only one way to go and that is around again. Live, learn, eternity, but it's shaped like the graphical interpretation of intelligence. Thin at one end, full in the middle and thin at the top. Maybe I'm trying to rehash Blake's gyres and keeping them spiracular, almost closing them off but not quite. It's an event horizon, and beyond there, who knows? I've really enjoyed listening to this album and I am truly sorry if I have bored you or not inspired you, but I needed the grounding. Music is my therapy and Jamendo is just one big wonderful emporium. Thanks!-)