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Allen ( TX ) - United States
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Website : http://www.negativesoundinstitute.com
Joined : July 22, 2006
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In Etosha, Shardik's Walkman presents short melodic instrumentals whose gentle execution and graceful air make them pleasant to hear. Each piece uses virtual electronic instrumentation to craft a smooth, subtle sound. This is the kind of music one could load into one's mp3 player as a round-trip ticket to a cool-down lounge, where nobody knows your name, but everyone is in a quiet, charming groove.
Henri Petterson creates electronica informed by both 70s European avant-electronic rock, traditional ambient and dance club chill. In Heaven and Hell he provides graceful and varied melodies, accompanied by minimal electronica beats. The standout track here is the title track, which is less evocative of literal places in the afterlife of traditional belief than in use of the imagery for a rich, allusive listening experience.
I tend to the ambient/chill side of the ledger as a listener, and don't think of myself as a huge fan of beats-driven electronic music. Yet Henri Petterson's smooth beats delight me, because he uses a restraint as he mingles electronic flourishes, a sensibility more Euro ambient than Euro DJ. He has a gift for melodies which are appealing and familiar and yet not at all boring or been-there,done-that. He has a good ear for the blending of vocal samples, melodies, electronica twinges and beats. I have enjoyed each of Henri Petterson's releases, but recommend "heaven and hell" in particular because of its lively and varied exploration of the possibilities in a form that in other hands might be tired or workaday. Henri Petterson is a great resource for truly intelligent dance music, and this is a great download.
This experimental piece makes a few slight bows to musical convention to expressing an idiosyncratic artist's vision. The work consists of structured electronic motifs with a mechanical/scientist/science fiction slant. Although the piece is never
a mere genre piece or electro-gimmick, the piece creates a sense of narrated experience which is as effective in its own way, as a golden age rocketship cover might be on a vintage novel of exploration. I found myself intrigued--and alive to the possibilities in this sound.
I suggest that the artist might consider using a BY or a BY NC creative commons license rather than a BY NC SA, as the material would be useful to sample in remixes which might in turn be released BY but for the SA restriction.
I would also enjoy a more detailed liner note description of the process of creation--as this one really held my interest. The length was just right.
Those who like well-thought-out offerings of odd music hovering on the outskirts of the noise tradition will enjoy this one.
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