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4 tracks. Running time 74:54
Fourth in the Tantric Celebration series of albums by Indra is Bhuvaneshvari. The aim of this series of CDs is to “create a meditative state of consciousness in the listener and make the mind fit with each particular Goddess or with one of her aspects”. That's an ambitious aim for electronic music and you probably need to be interested in meditation or Indian religion/mythology to benefit from this aspect of the music. The first two tracks form the bulk of the album. Opening up is “One Billion Light Years” where a retro style sequence is surrounded by changing rhythms and percussion while lovely space chords drift around. There's too much going on to describe, but it's somewhat like a meeting of Indra's own style with the sequencing of TD plus the melodic elements of Jarre. The second track “Tiamat” focuses more on atmospherics with sonic sprays, refrains like treated electronic whale song; various washes, pads, and melodic snippets conveying a sense of secrets waiting to be discovered. All the while an anticipatory thrumming sequence keeps the piece moving. Closing the album is the more ambient oriented “Profundis”. Broad devotional washes, somewhat like a haze of sound, rise and fall harmonically as though we're hearing monks chant from a distance. A plinky plonky rhythmic sequence gently adds itself to the piece, but is redundant and if anything detracts from the ambient aspects it overlays. I'm becoming ambivalent about Indra's music. It's not lacking musical merit but it feels like he's repeating himself on recent work, including Bhuvaneshvari. After hearing “Profundis” I believe Indra could benefit from experimenting with some non-sequence oriented tracks. |