[Immelman]

Собственно, SUDDENLY*!

Прошло Over 4 года с выхода эмбиентально айдиэмного This Binary Universe и... вот он, релиз нового альбома от BT уже совсем близко (2 февраля). На этот раз транс (возвращение к истокам? :)). Ну и в общем VBR-то уже в интернете и, чорт, мне уже понравились прямо таки с первого раза первые полтора трека. А это хороший знак, очень даже хороший. Слушаю дальше.

*Название 1 трека

Artist ............ : BT
Title ............. : These Hopeful Machines

Genre ............. : Electronic
Label ............. : Nettwerk
Catalog Number .... :

Source ............ : CD
Quality ........... : 212kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Playtime .......... : 01:52:18  (171.MB)
Release Date ...... : 2010-01-25

___91;Track List___93;

Disc 1/2
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1. Suddenly                                                            8:06
2. The Emergency                                                      10:54
3. Every Other Way                                                    11:07
4. The Light Of Things                                                10:48
5. Rose Of Jericho                                                     7:43
6. Forget Me                                                           9:39

Disc 2/2
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1. A Million Stars                                                    12:25
2. Love Can Kill You                                                   5:22
3. Always                                                              6:13
4. Le Nocturne De Lumiere                                             11:39
5. The Unbreakable                                                    10:25
6. The Ghost In You                                                    7:57

___91;Release Notes___93;
Internationally renowned artist, visionary producer, film composer and
technologist BT is back with These Hopeful Machines, a double-disc opus
that carries listeners through 2 hours of sweeping orchestral
arrangements, pulsating electronic beats, heartfelt vocal melodies and
even simple acoustic guitar. Out February 2 (Nettwerk), These Hopeful
Machines embodies BT's ability to weave both his technical prowess and
compositional mastery that reminds listeners why he is the composer that
all other composers and producers study.

These Hopeful Machines is the follow up to 2006's This Binary Universe,
an album that created an entirely new genre of evocative electro-acoustic
music. Keyboard Magazine wrote in a review, "In a hundred years, it could
well be studied as the first major work of the new millennium. It's that
good." These Hopeful Machines continues to evolve BT's distinct
technical, lyrical and compositional vision and execution, but his usual
melodic complexity and bleeding-edge electronic techniques permeate the
album from start to finish.

Album opener and first official single "Suddenly" (out January 12) opens
to a minute's worth of glitchy breakbeats made using BT's own software,
Breaktweaker, before morphing into a powerful, guitar-driven anthem that
is among the album's most memorable songs. The track "The Emergency," is
instantly a classic BT dance hit designed to linger long after the song
ends. The album even features BT's first cover, a reinterpretation of
"The Ghost in You" by The Psychedelic Furs. The song was recorded on
tape, giving it a familiar and sentimental feeling while maintaining BT's
distinctive style. There are also multiple collaborators on These Hopeful
Machines, like Rob ....inson vocals on "Always" and "The Unbreakable,"
Jes, (formerly of Motorcyle) on "Every Other Way" and "The Light In
Things," and The Police's Stewart Copeland who lends a drum breakdown to
"Every Other Way."

From an early age, BT, born Brian Transeau, demonstrated a remarkable
aptitude for playing and understanding classical music. He was heavily
influenced by avant-garde and romantic composers such as Stravinsky,
Bartok, Debussy and Rachmaninov. His biggest influences, however, were
from everyday sounds that most would take for granted, from noticing the
meter of the grandfather clock in the foyer to the micro-rhythms of
crickets and cicadas to the ambience of passing trains at night.

"When examining my creation process, it makes perfect sense why I am a
forced technologist," he explains. "I frequently face the fact that the
tools I need to compose music simply don't exist. It is like being an
architect without bricks or mortar. I routinely create my own bricks and
connective tissue as the diving off point to the compositional process."

The drive to actualize the tools BT envisions has led to his evolution as
one of the most cutting-edge programmers and technologists in music
today. He has expanded this reach into a visionary software venture,
Sonik Architects which launched its critically- and
commercially-acclaimed iPhone application, Sonifi, last fall.

Says BT, "My ultimate goal is to keep the emotional counterpoint and the
integrity of the song intact, even when pushing the envelope with style
and technique. The faster things get, the less people are willing to take
in a body of creative work. There are so few things now that will engage
us. The intent of consuming music is usually to have an awareness or a
feeling, to have a truly, empathic connection to others. My hope is to
create something that makes people feel that they have consumed something
that completes a void. I want to create something lasting."