This is a collection of stirring, cinematic and tender compositions that gracefully move between minimalist composition, chamber music and white noise. The components are blended peerlessly.
This 10-track accompaniment to a performance of Tolstoy’s War And Peace (yes, really) is sparse on beats but heavy on reverb-soaked drama – not ‘dance’ music by any stretch of the imagination, but beautiful all the same.
Krieg und Frieden (Music for Theatre) is a delightful challenge to both fixity and expectations.
Music for Theatre frightens upon the initial listen, but ultimately stuns.
Varying in density, direction and style, albeit with some less consistent territory, it’s a modest but powerful score, even when independent from its original setting.
For all the times Ring is successful in balancing the soundtrack and ambient elements, there’s a significant problem with the synch of the record, a problem best framed in the dichotomous nature of its title.
What a great cover- honestly one of my favorites ever.
The album matches the art extremely well, though the sound doesn't quite keep up in quality. It's a good album, don't get me wrong, though I was expecting a much stronger unit after such a great introduction.
The song "PV" which begins the second half of the album is one of my favorite songs ever made. It's a perfect track, and I just wish the rest of the record could have matched. There is a lot of potential with this sound but ... read more
At this point I feel like I'm just repeating myself when I review an Apparat album. Again, the soundscape on this one is just phenomenal. There are a lot of emotions packed in here, but that is just matching with the background info and the name. The transitions in between songs is also so seamless that it just melts into one big song that tells a story. A wonderful listen and I can only recommend you give it a go too.
Also the cover art is really cool so bonus points for that.
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