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Firstly, just let me say thanks to all those who contacted me with "the idiots guide of how to amend a review". If you are reading this then you know it worked.

To the music and my first confession. I have never really found my personal musical tastes match very closely with the works of KraftiM. Although I accept he is a talented creator and has good technical abilities, somehow or other his ideas and my ears do not match up. I like the way he pushes musical boundaries but they don't get pushed in my direction very often. The first of these 2 tracks is a good indicator of this. I very quickly started to feel as if I was standing in the middle of a field of sheep, bleating and baa-ing all around me. Not content with that we soon had a sheepdog appear and begin barking. All of this was going on with a chorus direct from the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem in full voice in the background. Interesting, yes. Different, yes. Innovative, yes but to my ears more a cleverly constructed set of sounds rather than a musical composition.

Next we come to the second track. Now anyone who has been on Jamendo for longer than a week will have come across Ivan1984. To call him a reviewer is an understatement. He must be the most erudite wordsmith around. A master of the prose of the written word and here he is taking a step in a new direction, another one pushing the boundaries. KraftiM doesn't allow him too much upfront, keeping him coming in and out in the mix and restricting his output to a few repeated lines. I don't think Ivan will be taking up vocals for a career, although I gather there are more on the way in the near future. This track is both musical and enjoyable and so much more to my taste. Even its length is preferable to me.

So thanks again to all concerned for their contributions. At least I've reached the end this time.

Firstly, I absolutely love the cover, it is an amazing piece of graphic work.

Lovely sense of the folks in the first track Daris, I love the way KraftiM not only manipulates voices but picks out subtle nuances that I myself miss, so I believe his ear and talent are part of the same genius. Such lovely exuberance with a profound natural, organic sense to it. Almost tribal in places, very earthy.

This is where it gets potentially sticky, it's me and I can hardly believe that I'm part of this gorgeous musicality. What can I say, I feel truly honoured. The atmosphere is in some senses a essence of how I sometimes feel, and that Organic Despair has captured that to be remoulded by KraftiM is fantastic. The way the track develops, at first a scattering in the upper layers to become a huge sweeping motion, or emotionality indeed, a despair of the fallen angel.

Two rather different, yet equally impressive tracks.

The first one, Daris, captures the beauty and versatility of the human voice, perfectly complemented by the warping bass sounds. By not using words, you are lulled into thinking about the tonality and shape of the voice, and although it gets a bit repetitive at times, it never gets boring. There is also a tribal feel about this track, not only because of the nature of the voices, but because you can feel the collaborative force behind it. Really good stuff.

The second track, Solif, at a bit over 9 minutes, is a bit too long for me for a track that is merely bleeps, wiggles, wobbles and pads with the occasional vocal sample. It is beautifully put together and well produced, but it just doesn't go anywhere. It would be nice to fall asleep to but not engaging enough to listen to without, say, a substance to help you on the journey. Nevertheless it manages to take you away, as the title of this review suggests, to a beautiful "alien landscape", very surreal and inviting in the way a pool of purple water is (you wanna jump in because it's so gorgeous but you're not quite sure what is). In the end it simply lacks umph, but that's a subjective point of view. Lots of people will love Solif if they love ambient stuff.

Overall, this a single with a b-side, it would be great to hear more of the collaborative voice stuff spanned out into a complete album. But as a short collection of two tracks it works rather well. 7/10.

This is my kind of thing. Daris is almost controlled chaos. Kind of "The Books" feeling but more on expressionistic side. I like both voice layers and sound textures underneath. Good approach to voice as instrumet. Gratz.

Solif is more on ambient - epic side. Ivans voice turns whole soundscape in eerie, unsettling almost dark ambient but never on the horror side of life. Whole thing sounds like long egsistentialistic intern monologue (sorry for big words), not plesant but one which make you LISTEN ambient not approach it as the background music.
Im impressed guys go on with this!

And lastly I like this spirit of collaboration on this one. Thanks Guys for sharing this.