PACIONE, ADAM — Sisyphus
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Ein neuer Name auf ELEVATOR BATH. ADAM PACIONE’s Debut CD verzaubert mit ruhigster, „organischer“ Drone-Wolken-Ambience, die an VIDNA OBMANA oder WILLIAM BASINSKI erinnert, melancholisch & loopig..... hätte auch gut auf MYSTERY SEA gepasst....
“Adam Pacione’s debut album (following some beautiful limited edition CDRs) is Sisyphus, an organic and fluid collection of haunting ambience, brimming with warmth and emotion. The recordings have a contemplative, solitary air about them, and this is a stunningly gorgeous set - leading the listener through these sound-works in perfect succession, with each piece flowing effortlessly into the next.
Sisyphus has an aquatic or womblike feel, as if the composer were calmly observing and documenting his surroundings while completely submerged. And the weight of water has never been so meticulously described as within these sounds. Much like the album’s mythical namesake, Sisyphus is largely concerned with repetition: Sounds and melodies are reiterated; Passages are looped with deliberate pacing. And there is beauty and ultimately reward to be found in these recurrences. The desired effect is flawlessly delivered, and the bliss of Sisyphus entangles. Pacione takes cues from 70s ambient pioneers such as Brian Eno and artists on the Brain and Sky labels, as well as from current masters William Basinksi and those from the Touch label.
Packaged inside two elegant printed sleeves of 100% recycled paper, this compact disc has been issued in an edition of 329 copies.” [label info]
“Adam Pacione’s debut album (following some beautiful limited edition CDRs) is Sisyphus, an organic and fluid collection of haunting ambience, brimming with warmth and emotion. The recordings have a contemplative, solitary air about them, and this is a stunningly gorgeous set - leading the listener through these sound-works in perfect succession, with each piece flowing effortlessly into the next.
Sisyphus has an aquatic or womblike feel, as if the composer were calmly observing and documenting his surroundings while completely submerged. And the weight of water has never been so meticulously described as within these sounds. Much like the album’s mythical namesake, Sisyphus is largely concerned with repetition: Sounds and melodies are reiterated; Passages are looped with deliberate pacing. And there is beauty and ultimately reward to be found in these recurrences. The desired effect is flawlessly delivered, and the bliss of Sisyphus entangles. Pacione takes cues from 70s ambient pioneers such as Brian Eno and artists on the Brain and Sky labels, as well as from current masters William Basinksi and those from the Touch label.
Packaged inside two elegant printed sleeves of 100% recycled paper, this compact disc has been issued in an edition of 329 copies.” [label info]