ExOvo
Sometimes you just don't know what to say while reviewing a CD. With the first listen, it was already obvious that this one would give e a headache. And no, definitly not because of the music, 'White Night' is incredibly intense in build-up, sound and production. But it's only 30 minutes, and it's just ... Well ... I want more!
Richard Lainhart recorded this work in 1974 and there isn't any moment during the CD where you think it sounds aged or otherwise like "70's" sound. The instrument on which it was recorded was the Moog synthesizer at the Coordinated Electronic Music Studio at the State University of New York at Albany. Try Googling it and you will find a few pictures from this monumental machine.
Musicwise, 'White Night' can be seen in the same category an quality as the ambient works of Brian Eno (just to have a comparison of something from the same era) and it reminded me also atmospherically to 'Burning Water' by The Anti Group Communication. Big difference would be that this last album was written on a Fairlight if I remember correctly and not a full analog system like the Moog.
To make a long story short, Richard Lainhart created a piece of music which now, 35 years later, would be labeled under analog drones the way they are made nowadays by the big drone artists. And Ex Ovo might well be the perfect label for this release.
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