Beyond
Sensory Experience bid a fond farewell to the OEC label, which has nurtured
them through their trilogy of "Tortuna", "Ratan" &
"Urmula" releases, and are moving onto pastures new (CMI actually
but that‘s by the by). Knowing the way that groups flit back and
forth between labels don’t be surprised if they turn up once more
on OEC sometime in the future.
"Korrelations" was planned to be released in a box which would
hold the recording and the aforementioned trilogy all in one neat package.
That idea got shelved. Probably cost too much. So it goes. Don’t
be confused here. "Korrelations" isn’t an additional part
to that trilogy but acts as a companion piece to them with eleven tracks
of odds & sods of unreleased work in with additional remixes of tracks
from the likes of Nordvargr, Alko and others. As any of you regular visitors
to this site will know I do champion certain groups / artists that I believe
warrant closer inspection and your attention because they are, to put
it bluntly, fucking hot stuff. BSE are one such group. Comprising of K
Melzter and Drakhon (of MZ.412 fame) their music, although deeply seated
within the dark ambient genre, have always managed to confound expectations
by twisting this way and that within a recording delighting and surprising
at every turn. "Korrelations" continues with this tradition
by adding elements previously unexplored. The odd passage of a song, a
little bit experimentation shining through, additions of beats, samples
being thrown casually yet inventively into the mix. All here. All wrapped
up in a warm embrace of black ambient for which they have become so renowned.
Whether these sounds are from the group themselves or from their guest
re-mixers matters not.
This could be viewed as the next evolutionary step to be taken forward
through into their next recordings or as work in progress which will go
no further. Only time will tell. Until then just sit back and revel in
the BSE experience with this release.
ANM
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