Richard Skelton - Landings (2009)

Posted By: gribovar
Date: March 28, 2019

Richard Skelton - Landings (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 359 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 165 MB | Covers - 42 MB
Genre: Modern Classical, Ambient | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Type (TYPE 055)

Are drones supposed to be this shiny? Shouldn't they be somber and fuzzy, foggy and ghostly? Even the cover of Landings leans heavily in that direction, with its half-trees/half-clouds shapes barely emerging from a thick fog. And yet Richard Skelton's drones are anything but all that: luminous, sharp, soaring, heavenly. The man has a firm grasp of the instruments he uses (violins and cellos, percussion, acoustic guitar, maybe some E-bowed guitar), a clear vision of how to stack and arrange them into gorgeous aural landscapes, and the production chops to make it all work out without resorting to lo-fi "excuses." As a result, Landings immediately welcomes you in with "Noon Hill Wood," lulls you throughout its 70-minute course, and puts you down gently with "The Shape Leaves." Calling this drone music is too easy: there is as much post-folk at play here as bona fide droning, and one can easily hear some John Fahey licks in the background, hurdy-gurdy laments, even some contemporary string quartet music (Morton Feldman, James Tenney), not to forget a Brian Eno-like take on ambient music. The rich, tasteful arrangements are what sets Landings apart, with only the field recordings being questionable - granted, they are mostly short and discreet, but they still have a predictable quality and could easily have been done without. That minor quibble aside, Landings is a remarkable work with remarkable production values, unimpaired by its generous length.
Tracklist:
01. Noon Hill Wood
02. Scar Tissue
03. Threads Across The River
04. Green Withins Brook
05. Of The Last Generation
06. Undertow
07. Voice Of The Book
08. Rapture
09. Pariah
10. River Song
11. Remaindered
12. The Shape Leaves

Total time: 01:10:10

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009

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Richard Skelton / Landings

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