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CASHMORE, MICHAEL — The Ninth Circle beyond the Sun
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"Im August erscheint bei Fourth Dimension The Ninth Circle Beyond the Sun, das neue Album von Michael Cashmore. Die Verffentlichung umfasst zehn Instrumentalstcke, die laut Label an die Stimmungslagen seines vorherigen Albums Until the End of Vibration anknpfen. Cashmore bewegt sich hier im Spannungsfeld zwischen melancholischer Elektronik, eleganten Pianomotiven und sparsam eingesetzter Perkussion. Die Kompositionen verweisen, wie es ferner heit, auf frhe elektronische Musiktraditionen, erinnern stellenweise an die Klangsthetik von Tangerine Dream.
Along the way, there are piano-led melodic swells, a couple of surprisingly serrated edges and sparingly used percussion veering between the bombastic and more emotionally charged. Between each of the compositions, theres an overarching sense of sadness or resignation while carefully woven refrains point to the simple beauty one derives from staring at a night sky or the suns rise or setting over a serene sea apparently untouched by man. Sophisticated yet unostentatious, this is music thats bold, minimal and utterly deserving of the attention of the film that will doubtlessly play out in your head as you lock yourself in to everything it promises. While we await the day when Michaels work is hopefully accorded the recognition of the cinematic treatment it deserves, we can at least satisfy ourselves with everything he is producing along the way (Fourth Dimension). Cashmore selbst bezeichnet The Ninth Circle Beyond the Sun als sein bislang wichtigstes Werk. Es erscheint als CD, die Edition ist auf 300 Exemplare limitiert." {African Paper]
"Michael Cashmore - The Ninth Circle Beyond The Sun
arrives with a quiet confidence. In a post on Facebook he stated it his "one of my best works in years". From its first moments it becomes clear he isn't exaggerating. Whilst releases in his Doctrine of Transformation Through Love series have used audio frequencies as a transformational tool combing intensity, beauty and brutality to stimulate consciousness The Ninth Circle Beyond the Sun focusses heavily on the beauty with a flow of 10 parts blending piano, synths with elements of ambient, classical and cosmic to create something cinematic, infused with that innate feeling of sadness and hope that has characterised his work across many forms.
The album unfolds as a continuous suite of melancholic, piano-led compositions wrapped in a cosmic, spacious electronic atmosphere. Early tracks introduce tender piano themes surrounded by swirling synths and occasional timpani, gradually expanding into orchestral-style synth strings and soft percussive elements.
Part 4 is especially strong: a tender piano score paired with emotive strings, and blended with the cosmic synths. At the heart of it is a melody carrying a sense of joy and hope, and that Englishness his music still conveys, despite now being resident in Berlin. Anyone familiar with his work with Current 93 or Nature and Organisation could identify this as a Michael Cashmore composition instantly.
Midway through these 10 compositions, subtle buzzing textures, chiming percussion, and later drum rhythms add momentum with Part 7 shadowed in quivering textures before cutting to quiet synthesiser. Throughout, melodies flow from one piece to the next, with Part 8 returning to soft piano and orchestral strings over gentle cosmic drones. Here, the piece transforms seamlessly into another aching melody - so sad it practically weeps - and again into yet another piano setting. These melodic patterns and progressions just tumble so effortlessly from Michael Cashmore.
From the chime of bells opening Part 9, piano notes fall like tears lifted by synths into a beautiful melodic passage filled with strings and synth suspended within a cosmic haze. On the final piece a melancholic piano score leads into strings passing through waves of cosmic synth textures. Piano motifs recur and reshape themselves, gently unwinding until its final ascent to complete the circle beyond the sun and onwards.
The album feels like a long-awaited return to the melodic sensibility and emotional precision that have marked his greatest works with Current 93, Nature and Organisation, and his recent solo output. The sound sources provide cohesiveness, but I wonder whether it would benefit from the flourishes and chord progressions of his guitar compositions, which are absent here. It is, however, like a culmination - or perhaps a meeting point - of the incomplete piano-based works of Death In a Snow Leopard Winter and the melodies of his major works with Nature and Organisation, together with elements of his sacred audio frequencies releases and the digital-only symphony The Sword Becomes a Shield (Symphony Number 1).
This is sadness and melancholy delivered as a continuous suite of piano-led movements blended with electronic and cosmic synths, befitting a cinematic score. We encourage you to snap up this one, as an already-completed follow-up, The Tenth Circle Beyond the Sun, awaits the success of this release. The Ninth Circle Beyond the Sun is available as CD limited to 300 copies available from Fourth Dimension Records. [Compulsion Online]
Along the way, there are piano-led melodic swells, a couple of surprisingly serrated edges and sparingly used percussion veering between the bombastic and more emotionally charged. Between each of the compositions, theres an overarching sense of sadness or resignation while carefully woven refrains point to the simple beauty one derives from staring at a night sky or the suns rise or setting over a serene sea apparently untouched by man. Sophisticated yet unostentatious, this is music thats bold, minimal and utterly deserving of the attention of the film that will doubtlessly play out in your head as you lock yourself in to everything it promises. While we await the day when Michaels work is hopefully accorded the recognition of the cinematic treatment it deserves, we can at least satisfy ourselves with everything he is producing along the way (Fourth Dimension). Cashmore selbst bezeichnet The Ninth Circle Beyond the Sun als sein bislang wichtigstes Werk. Es erscheint als CD, die Edition ist auf 300 Exemplare limitiert." {African Paper]
"Michael Cashmore - The Ninth Circle Beyond The Sun
arrives with a quiet confidence. In a post on Facebook he stated it his "one of my best works in years". From its first moments it becomes clear he isn't exaggerating. Whilst releases in his Doctrine of Transformation Through Love series have used audio frequencies as a transformational tool combing intensity, beauty and brutality to stimulate consciousness The Ninth Circle Beyond the Sun focusses heavily on the beauty with a flow of 10 parts blending piano, synths with elements of ambient, classical and cosmic to create something cinematic, infused with that innate feeling of sadness and hope that has characterised his work across many forms.
The album unfolds as a continuous suite of melancholic, piano-led compositions wrapped in a cosmic, spacious electronic atmosphere. Early tracks introduce tender piano themes surrounded by swirling synths and occasional timpani, gradually expanding into orchestral-style synth strings and soft percussive elements.
Part 4 is especially strong: a tender piano score paired with emotive strings, and blended with the cosmic synths. At the heart of it is a melody carrying a sense of joy and hope, and that Englishness his music still conveys, despite now being resident in Berlin. Anyone familiar with his work with Current 93 or Nature and Organisation could identify this as a Michael Cashmore composition instantly.
Midway through these 10 compositions, subtle buzzing textures, chiming percussion, and later drum rhythms add momentum with Part 7 shadowed in quivering textures before cutting to quiet synthesiser. Throughout, melodies flow from one piece to the next, with Part 8 returning to soft piano and orchestral strings over gentle cosmic drones. Here, the piece transforms seamlessly into another aching melody - so sad it practically weeps - and again into yet another piano setting. These melodic patterns and progressions just tumble so effortlessly from Michael Cashmore.
From the chime of bells opening Part 9, piano notes fall like tears lifted by synths into a beautiful melodic passage filled with strings and synth suspended within a cosmic haze. On the final piece a melancholic piano score leads into strings passing through waves of cosmic synth textures. Piano motifs recur and reshape themselves, gently unwinding until its final ascent to complete the circle beyond the sun and onwards.
The album feels like a long-awaited return to the melodic sensibility and emotional precision that have marked his greatest works with Current 93, Nature and Organisation, and his recent solo output. The sound sources provide cohesiveness, but I wonder whether it would benefit from the flourishes and chord progressions of his guitar compositions, which are absent here. It is, however, like a culmination - or perhaps a meeting point - of the incomplete piano-based works of Death In a Snow Leopard Winter and the melodies of his major works with Nature and Organisation, together with elements of his sacred audio frequencies releases and the digital-only symphony The Sword Becomes a Shield (Symphony Number 1).
This is sadness and melancholy delivered as a continuous suite of piano-led movements blended with electronic and cosmic synths, befitting a cinematic score. We encourage you to snap up this one, as an already-completed follow-up, The Tenth Circle Beyond the Sun, awaits the success of this release. The Ninth Circle Beyond the Sun is available as CD limited to 300 copies available from Fourth Dimension Records. [Compulsion Online]