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"Molnija Aura is an electronic ambient/glitch project of Davide Del Col and Andrea Marutti Milan, Italy." This is taken literally from the info-sheet and I agree with all of you that an opening sentence couldn't have been any more plain then this. But there is something in that line that made me reconsider writing it a few times ...
Andrea is the man behind the AFE label and I've known that label for quite some time now. Next to that he is active as a musician under several names (Afeman, Amon, Lips Vago, Never Known and Spiral) and in several other projects (Hall Of Mirrors, Maribor, Meerkat and Sil Muir). Recently I had the pleasure of reviewing "Detrimental Dialogue" by Andrea Marutti and Fausto Balbo and while listening to "Utopian Suns" I realized that Molnija Aura is much more a two-person project with a very impressive symbiotic energy as opposed to a collaboration between two persons, each doing his own thing: making a whole of two parts.
The six track play a little over an hour and there is not a dull moment in there. Not for droners, as there is a continuous flow and enough to explore in the many layers of each composition, but also not for the soundscape-adept. Each track is long enough to stay interesting for the minimalist, but it's changing quickly enough for listeners who need a bit more variation. Inspiring titles like "Channels of Anxiety", "Minimum Pulsar Luminosity" and "Tidal Disruption" give you enough information to let your mind flow out and be elsewhere.
The sounds on this album are thickly layered and very well given their respective place in the frequency-spectrum. What is audible is clearly there, but in the same way: that what needs to be hidden, remains to be hidden. Or - as with the sub-low in "Channels of Anxiety" - they are only audible at moments where they should be heard.
The black&white cover shows a satellite and parts of the satellite are covered over the pages of the booklet. Very well found with as well the science fiction theme of the album as well as the endlessness the music hands you ...
A quote that would fit this release very well would be "Turn on, tune in, drop out". But it's up to you to explore that world beyond this one. I can only say that I've been there and the way back here was long ...
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