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Monday, 6 January 2014

Frithland - Nano - 9 Track Album - Solar Quantum - Released 15th June 2013

Frithland
Nano
9 Track Album
Solar Quantum
Released 15th June 2013




Frithland – Liverpool

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frithland-Official

Discography:
Driven Dreams Album – Released 22nd February 2013
Ascending Album – is inspired by sci-fi movies and games. The Sounds of "Ascending" recall atmospheres of apocalyptic science fiction. Released 20th March 2013
Nano Album – Released 15th June 2013
Encounters E.P – Soon to be released.

This is the final album from Frithland who constantly inspires to bring the power of his engaging mind out in broad daylight, through the power of his ambient music.

Genre: Electronic/Ambient/Trance

Entropic Slip
This track just glides into oblivion sending shivers down your spine as it takes hold. Concentrating on notable running scales of powerful rapture this is an irresistible confrontation.

Ionise
Holding a sharper edge than previous but still manages to run with the intriguing hues of blatant intrigue that sits on the soft waves of rhythms.

Synchronicity
Again very different to the last two tracks and is a lot more vivacious with its endless stream of pulsating rhythmic provocation. Superb track!

Nano
A very haunting track mixed with spacey sounds that once again produce that element of tingling down the spine, as it twists and turns into a conglomerate of spikey notes and bubbling undertones.

Tidal
A slower and mesmerising feed of singular notes played out amid a deep bass line. Openly impressive as it ebbs and flows into a striking and skilled composition.

Read Only
You can almost see the outstretched fingers gliding sensually over the keys on this track seeing it interlock with a liquid gold sprinkling of unhurried magic.

The Way
Sparse singular notes sound quite haunting and sombre as they play out. It is almost like hearing a shrill voice as the music plays further in its conquest to connect to the aural senses. Although, not one of my favourite pieces, but saying that put it as the opening to a scary movie and it is a whole new ball game.

Netfire
Solid drum beats and a squally keyboard rhythms jump to life here and produce some spikey contagious teases – highly gripping and sensuous and worthy of repeat plays because of its catchy rhythmic sways.

Chronicle
Deep bubbling plays alongside a high pitched synth that expels crisp notes to undulating rhythms surrounded by a myriad of haunting space sounds.

To Sum up:
This album holds the heart of Frithland in its outstretched hand and issues a warm feeling of ambient glow around it. Partaking in rich melodies and striking hues of trance like atmospheric lures.

The power of this music can be felt strongly as it surges to conclusion. Developing a strong electronic bond with space and time and has more than achieved its aim here.

My only gripe as such would be that as Frithland has worked extremely hard producing such amazingly in depth creations in one year, it is hard to imagine what the next album will sound like and whether any further steps can be attained, although with 25 years-worth of experience, no doubt Frithland will surprise us all – here’s hoping!

9½/10

Track List:
Entropic Slip
Ionise Synchronicity
Nano Tidal
Read Only
The Way
Net Fire
Chronicle

Member:
Martin Slade – Keyboards, Flute, Bass and Guitar

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