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Synth Music Direct (UK)
We start 'Daybreak' with an
excellent brace of nice deep bass sequences with a really interesting stereo
effect. Its very infectious head nodding and foot tapping stuff. A lead line
meanders over the top but really it's the sequences which will grab you. A
rhythm is tossed into the mix and things get even better, I simply couldn't
keep my body still. It's an absolutely cracking opener!
'Mosse Dal Vento' calms things down a little with nice symphonic pads. From
quite early on though you can hear a relaxed sequence forming very low in
the mix. This gradually becomes more audible but doesn't intrude on the
serenity of the whole. Another excellent sequence gets 'Nodune' underway. As
with the previous track however the pace is initially sedate. A very deep
bass beat (not of the dance variety) is then added rather low in the mix
without shattering the mood. Little melodic touches come and go but the main
melody, a piano one, waits until the third minute before making an entrance
and very nice it is too.
'Mind Probe' literally fizzes into life on the back of electronic effects
then the pace is quickened again as a rapid sequence surges forth. This is
very late 70's sounding. The sequence could have come from Tangerine Dream
whilst the lead line would have lived quite happily on a Klaus Schulze album
and yet they combine together extremely well. 'Metropolis' is another
playful rhythmic sequencer driven piece. It's full of energy and fun and
even though only short it packs a lot in. 'Rachele' is also short and
sequencer based but is a very different kettle of fish as even though it is
full of pulsations the feel is much more tender. 'Boreal Light' has a lovely
swirling atmospheric beginning. The inevitable sequence emerges out of
ethereal pads. Another joins it but rather than blast forth they gently
subside to allow a new sequence to take over. It's actually quite a delicate
track constantly changing in keeping with the natural light show it is named
after.
'Daybreak (FaBIO RMX)' is just as pulsating as the opener but certainly
different enough to warrant an inclusion. The mood is more thoughtful;
somehow a feeling of space is created in a track which is actually quite
busy. 'Sequoia Rossa' uses a bubbly dreamy sequence as the basis for a
rather relaxed track. Drums do come in about half way through though I
didn't really think they were necessary but they don't intrude on the gentle
mood too much before departing to leave us in a lovely state of float to
finish.
David Law, June 2003
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Electroambient Space (US)
BIOnighT
is my favorite recent discovery in electronic music. The band is a duo of
Italians who met by chance, Sbruzzi FaBIO and a man known only as Mac. I
have exchanged several emails with Mac, and it is obvious that he and FaBIO
are passionate about their music. The three CDs Egoheart, Afterpost
and Daybreak constitute what they call their “Cosmic Trilogy,”
and I think each one is fantastic, all of them highly recommended.
I can’t put my finger on just what it is I like so much about these
guys, but my affection for the music was immediate on first listen, and has
only grown stronger as I listen more.
The last of their cosmic trilogy, Daybreak starts with the
groovin’ title track, a nice little burst of low-key energy to get things
going. “Mosse Dal Vento,” which translated is “Moved By The Wind,”
is an expansive, spacious piece that breathes in deeply, taking it all in
and letting it all go. These two tracks already speak to the nature of this
disc, easily the most diverse of the three BIOnighT releases to date. This
is due in no small part to the fact that the disc is a mix of BIOnighT
tracks and solo tracks by FaBIO and by Mac. That is not to say, however,
that the disc doesn’t hold together as a unit, because it does. Whether
romping to the backbeat of “Metropolitis” (with guest musician Sbrizzi
Andrea, FaBIO’s nephew), grooving to the vintage synths of “Mind
Probe,” or relaxing to the mellow hypnotic sounds of “Rachele,” it all
has that BIOnighT feel to it. If you don’t know exactly what that is, pick
up their discs and find out.
Phil Derby, 2004
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