What would you expect from an album called Octahedron that does not mention any Platonic solid at all? Perhaps the question itself is
fallacious as it implies that an album title or its depiction in the form of artwork and all the remaining components have to be tied
together by the title's associated meaning. Like music, words have a specific ring and rhythm of their own no matter whether they make
sense or not. Therefore it seems perfectly legitimate to use a word just because it fits to a particular idea of sound. After all, one
of the basic principle in the world of electroacoustic music is to remove a sound from its original context, so it can stand for itself
and be heard as what it actually is.
Since Fosel aka. Kurt Nimmo released his first album on Petcord one year ago, his musical language has become more complex with a higher degree of abstraction. Using both his analogue synthesiser gear and digital software emulations simultaneously, he manages to squeeze out unusual timbres and eerie patches from a remote intergalactic civilisation without repeating himself. Each piece of work are distinct entities, crystalline structures with unique shapes and forms and yet representing the remoteness of sound characteristic of Fosel. With more details to work out comes a longer playtime and sometimes unexpected turns, something I'd like to call fractal soundscapes, because they branch out in a similar vein and yet turn out differently.
Olliver Wichmann
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| 1. | Gold Apples Of Cronus I | 14 min 48 sec | 34'692 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 2. | Gold Apples Of Cronus II | 10 min 57 sec | 25'684 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 3. | Gold Apples Of Cronus III | 26 min 06 sec | 61'176 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 4. | Now Is a Ship | 15 min 20 sec | 35'940 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 5. | Dream Argument | 4 min 30 sec | 10'550 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| 6. | Adramelech | 6 min 48 sec | 15'940 KB | mp3, 320 kps CBR |
| Artwork | Cover art for prints | 1'502 KB | jpg at 300 dpi | |
| Everything | Entire release plus artwork | 177.7 MB | zip archive |
Music © 2010 Kurt Nimmo and the Petcord netlabel.
Cover art © 2010 Synflict.