Artificial Music Machine
The possibility of existance of the thin line between ambience, new age, folk and experimental soundscaping is being researched by the Austin collective Book of Shadows. This fifth album of the couple Carlton and Sharon Crutcher (with selected friends joining them) counts five tracks which are an impressive mixture of before mentioned styles.
The five tracks on 'Innerworld' are two short ones of around 5 minutes each and three longer ones circling the 10 minute mark. Improvisation, guitars and the voice of Sharon should be considered keywords when describing the music. At point the vocals even might remind you of Rose McDowall's addition to for example Current 93 or her work with Boyd Rice. The best track on the album is hands down 'Energy Follows Thought' because of the use of singing bowls - up to the edge of shooting into a feedback loop - guitars and a lot of noisey sounds.
And even though none of the tracks are bad when listened seperately, the conclusion can't be anything different that through the experiments and aim for combining several styles the CD as a whole lacks the solidity to be considered a finished product.
A final addition to this CD is that there won't be a CD. 'Innerworld' will only be available in mp3 and flac-format through the label's website first, and later also through the usual channels (like eMusic, iTunes and the related downloadsites). It might well be worth a try ...
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