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Indra - Generation - Eagle Music (2006)

10 tracks. Running time 52:39

Indra has released a lot of albums. Most of the ones I've heard fall into the classic electronic music with sequencing or ambient genres. Generation is somewhat of a surprise since it's got the Indra feel but experiments with trance sensibilities. The tracks are song length, typically around five or six minutes, and the last track “Touareg Love” is a bonus one recorded a little before all the others.

The opener, “Confession (trance edit)”, starts with a pacey rhythm and a woman's voice periodically coming in with lines like “never been nowhere” delivered in an emotionally charged tone. It then bursts into a fast hypnotic section which reminded me a bit of parts of Patrick Kosmos's Trance Neutral Zone.

What Indra excels at in this and some other albums is creating great, albeit straightforward, rhythms. I found myself listening to the pointy note rhythms on the track “I'm Home Alone”, which have a somewhat plaintive quality, and thinking how the cadence really draws you into the music. The melody lines when they come in are aching, and kind of otherworldly in their texture.

A slowing down of the pace is encountered in “Le Jeu Du Maitre”. A pleasant beepy rhythm starts up with subtle drifting pads then a percussive drum section comes in. Lush synth refrains later on add a thoughtful demeanour to the piece. This is starting to become my favourite track and exemplifies the idea that simple structures can be put together to form a melodious whole that's more than the sum of the parts.

Generation is a good change of tack for Indra that doesn't stray too far from the EM comfort zone. His music is at its best when he's trying something a little new.