Another release by Uncle Steve Davis from Love Earth Music and as with “To Share Forever With You” (reviewed in Vital Weekly 1404) the artwork used for the cover is by Cierra G Rowe. It’s like an interstellar being being crucified and maybe it’s given us peace. I’m still more into music than visual art, especially when it’s descriptive. Non-descriptive art, like noise or drones, opens things for personal interpretation. In the case of the artwork being partially descriptive (crucifix, heart, depiction of a human), a number of indications of where or how to think are given, but it’s not enough for me to see it. So, less descriptive would have added to my fantasy. But hey, who am I? I’m telling things so you can relate – or not – to the review.
I’ve been writing about +DOG+ stuff quite a bit. And this release is again different than what I’ve heard from him before. Even though this 16-track CDR (with two additional Bonus Tracks if you get it digitally) has many of the characteristics every +DOG+ release has, there is one thing I notice: a more pronounced place for synthesised sounds. For example, in “A Thousand Days”, it’s pronounced. I need to find out if it’s something new to his setup or if he’s chosen a different routing in sound manipulation. But that’s the fun part of non-descriptive art. ‘We’ve got fantasy, and we’re gonna use it!’
Another thing that I noticed is that this release is a bit more introverted than most of his other releases. There are more moments of minimalism and the purity of the atmosphere that Steve tries to capture. So even though there are moments of extreme noise, “The Glow From The City,” “Goodbye Fairbank School,” and that bonus track “Benefit” (o.m.g.), this album really breathes inner peace.
The final thing is that it’s fun to see Steve experiment more with different sounds and the same sounds. How a particular approach can be placed in different settings and create different additions or layers. At least, I think I can hear likenesses in “The Glow From The City” and “I Have To Be Strong & Brave Now”. Maybe that is what Steve meant by ‘being brave’ 😉 It’s a great release and one of my favourites so far.
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