Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Diatonis - One To Be

Diatonis - One To Be Tube. Duration : 9.55 Mins.


'One To Be' can be found on the 'Trajectories' album: www.diatonis.com This song uses tape loops as made popular by Brian Eno. I used digital delay units in place of tape loops (two tape recorders). I was first made aware of tape loops in the late 70's after listening to 'Music for Airports' by Brian Eno. Terry Riley appears to be the first to use them in the 1950s. 'One to Be' is one of my earlier attempts using a 3 stereo effect processors (delay only) setup to ping pong out 5 outputs. The first attempt can be found on 'Invisible Order'. secure.wikimedia.org Play Previews: www.diatonis.com Song List: 1. Mourning Sky 2. Flatland 3. Lucid Dreaming 4. Cloudless 5. Nothing in Mind 6. Thundering Silence 7. One To Be 8. The Secret Universe (*not on CD) Review by Jim Brenholts Trajectories is a set of imperfect pieces that achieve rare beauty and true originality because of the imperfections. Diatonis' approach and his own perfectionism allows him to create art from mistakes made by machines that are by design and definition perfect! Deep listeners, however, will hear no imperfections and no mistakes! Diatonis has crafted a deep soundscape full of pastoral ambience and bright drones. The atmospheres are constantly gathering and releasing sound design elements. They are on a constant crescendo, building towards a denouement that isn't there. The soundscapes evoke imagery of a sunrise over blue skies complete with rainbows, flowers and wispy clouds - total serenity. It is an ...

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