Land Of The Long White Cloud

Erik Seifert - AOTEAROA
(2006, SynGate CD-R 2081)

1. WAITOMO (watercave) 
2. ORAKEI KORAKO (the hidden valley) 
3. AOTEAROA SOUTH (new zealand southisland) 
4. AOTEAROA NORTH (new zealand northisland) 
5. POUNAMU (greenstone) 
6. HAKA (wardance) 
7. TE MOEKA O TUAWE (fox glacier) 

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13:48
8:44
9:36
9:25
8:59
12:45

 


Guts Of Darkness (CAN)

I liked Erik Seifert music when my ears crossed A Trip to Nebula Cluster for the first time last year. What a wonderful CD, full of rhythm and melodious lines. An opus that I can easily recommend to any fan of Software (Mergener Weisser) and Peter Seiler melodic music. 
Thus it is with haste that I wanted to hear Aotearoa, and the waiting was worth the sorrow. Not as easy listening as A Trip, Aotearoa needs more listening. A sign that shows a much more finicky work. I think it's more worked than his previous recordings. It's a superb musical voyage in New Zealand.
From Waitomo to Te Moeka O Tuawe Seifert draws 7 titles where the tribal influences mix with ease with its synthetic arrangements and its harmonious direction. As far as I'm concern, it's his best and more complete work to date.
But doesn't we say that to each new opus, from any artists? In this case, it's more than truth. Seifert brings a particular touch with its usual beautiful harmonious sequences and the spiritual breaths of the first territories peoples. Aotearoa is a pretty good musical voyage. A title where the beats and the melodic rhythms are amalgamated with astonishing percussions and great arrangements as surprising as intense. If you like the melodic rhythm, the percussions and harmonious arrangements, with a zest of ambient, Aotearoa is made for you.

Sylvain Lupari, 2006






    Erik Seifert
O Astronomical Unit
O Aotearora
O Thrust Avis
O Trip To Nebula Cluster

compilation
O Satzvey Castle 2006
O Satzvey Castle 2005
O Syntonic Waves Vol. 8

label
O SynGate
O Spheric Music