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Angel Tears In Sunlight, asthetitle suggests, offers the kind of transcendental electronics that burrow blissfully into your brain.
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In an interview once, she admitted, “I see things in my head. I dream in colour”. This posthumous addition to her near perfect catalogue confirms that statement, expertly revealing how attuned to the universe she was and how vibrantly her imagination shone in the dark.
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A transcendent parting gift to the universe, Angel Tears in Sunlight is a timeless addition to Strom’s canonical legacy.
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Angel Tears In Sunlight retains an elegant spirituality, Strom's vivid blend of polyrhythms, hypnotic grooves and animalistic sounds feel like a beautiful lament.
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These are electronic miniatures on a symphonic scale; digital creations that conjure up visions of a pre-electric world.
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Angel Tears in Sunlight is a mesmerising final tour of a fascinating mind and a fitting farewell to truly a one-of-a-kind visionary.
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Issued two months after her death, Angel Tears in Sunlight, her final album, continues in the same expansive, unconstrained mode as her earlier work but explores different tonal realms.
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The synthesizer pieces here are the lightest and most playful of her career, like beacons of hope and change.
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The music of Angel Tears in Sunlight is in no hurry, but stick around and it will take you to zones that breathe with ancient life.
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At its best, Angel Tears in Sunlight has a kind of forlorn, wistful beauty that seems to be at odds with its creator’s visionary curative intentions, but overall, it’s a nicely realized collection of reflective moods and harmonious atmospheres.
Pauline Anna Strom is best known for her work under the moniker Trans-Millenia Consort, named after her 1982 debut. While she recorded 7 full length projects from 1982-88, she didn't receive any real acclaim or attention and as such had to sell her equipment and leave the music world. That is until 2017, when a compilation built from those tapes and LPs grabbed the attention of music fans, leading to Strom's return to music and her first project in over 30 years.
Strom's work, both under her ... read more
Quaint, serene, and at times surprisingly emotional. The track "The Eighteen Beautiful Memories" feels like a bittersweet farewell, but a hauntingly beautiful one.
R.I.P. Pauline Anna Strom.
Entiendo lo de sonido primal, en cuanto a lo electro, de Angel Tears in Sunlight; sonidos tribales diaspóricos, enigmas sónicos sin resolver. Es en verdad una experiencia el vivir el último disco de Pauline Anna Strom. Es difícil discernir en él hasta qué punto se lleva lo introspectivo y dónde se encuentra un punto de inflexión para su disfrute. Éste en verdad es un disco difícil, poco convencional como ninguno otro lanzado ... read more
Quaint, serene, and at times surprisingly emotional. The track "The Eighteen Beautiful Memories" feels like a bittersweet farewell, but a hauntingly beautiful one.
R.I.P. Pauline Anna Strom.
Entiendo lo de sonido primal, en cuanto a lo electro, de Angel Tears in Sunlight; sonidos tribales diaspóricos, enigmas sónicos sin resolver. Es en verdad una experiencia el vivir el último disco de Pauline Anna Strom. Es difícil discernir en él hasta qué punto se lleva lo introspectivo y dónde se encuentra un punto de inflexión para su disfrute. Éste en verdad es un disco difícil, poco convencional como ninguno otro lanzado ... read more
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Track List
- Tropical Convergence
- Marking Time
- I Still Hope
- Temple Gardens at Midnight
- The Pulsation
- The Eighteen Beautiful Memories
- Equatorial Sunrise
- Small Reptiles on the Forest Floor
- Tropical Rainforest
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Added on: November 12, 2020