February 23rd, 2009 -- Posted in Ambient Music |
Based in Somerset,UK, OHead gently caress the ears with lush ambient psychedelia designed to float you away on a magic carpet ride to otherworldly dimensions. Sit back and enjoy your trip through the colourfull world of ohead.
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A stellar wind and electronic shimmers conjure up the cosmos but then a vocal sample makes us think much more of the space within, as if ones consciousness is slowly being awoken. The first sequence can be heard and this is added to by another. We are now far from sleep rather hurtling at full speed. A rhythm is chucked into the steaming brew with soft synth pads fleshing out the sound. As if we weren’t close to overload already another heavier rhythm is added. A case of more is more? Good exciting bombastic stuff.
The second track is somewhat more subtle than the opener but even better. A slow sequential motif provides the framework for lovely effects to caress the mind. More sounds are added, each like a shining star, startling in beauty but with awesome power. Unlike the first number however the effect is much more of calm than speed. The foot certainly starts tapping when the main rhythm is added just before the half way mark, but really it is the sounds he uses that are the main focus. You can hardly call them lead lines because they never last for long before departing and another taking its place.
On to track number three, a real little gem. I know I keep going on about sounds but really the warbling sequence used here is like nothing I have ever heard before and it got my whole body bopping to it. The accompanying lead lines compliment it superbly. Awesome, absolutely bloody awesome! Surely it can’t get any better than this. On to track four and back to deep space. The sequence and initial gentle lead motif are subtlety personified. Piano melodies and bell like percussion are added to by an acoustic guitar sound giving the fifth track a very un-electronic feel but it is, as are all the pieces here, a delight. The next number is the longest at eighteen minutes. After a calm start the track develops into a fairly conventional sequencer / rhythm romp but by the eleven minute mark we are starting to get more of those unique sounds though the sequence shifts in a very Tangerine Dreamish sort of way. The melodies are always top notch and this is a very fine piece but somehow sounds a bit ‘normal’ compared to the inventiveness that has gone before. The title track finishes the album off back deep in the cosmos, all shimmers and effects making one think of outer space.
This is an album that will be enjoyed by people that like their Electronic Music 70’s influenced but at the same time sounding 90s without having to resort to dance rhythms. (DL)
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February 19th, 2009 -- Posted in Ambient Music |
Based in Somerset,UK, OHead gently caress the ears with lush ambient psychedelia designed to float you away on a magic carpet ride to otherworldly dimensions. Sit back and enjoy your trip through the colourfull world of ohead.
Visit the Stunning OHead Site Here for music, visuals, downloads live pics and the whole OHead experience
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Ambient music is atmospheric in nature. Think Pink Floyd’s early work’s. Specifically the intros to their song’s. It’s the electronica music equivalent to background noise. The idea behind ambient music is to provide drifting sound for your conscious. It is not meant to be danced to, or even properly listened to. It’s music of semi-awareness rather than something you jam to.
Think of the nature sounds CDs you find at the store. They are or something to listen to when you want to relax. However, not all ambient music is intended for relaxation, but those CDs are a very good example. Ambient music can also be compared to elevator music, it’s something to provide atmospheric noise.
Early pioneers include Eric Satie, and Brian Eno. Satie was an early 20th century French composer who created a form of music, that he called "furniture music". Background music to be played during dinner, to create an atmosphere for eating.
Eno is credited with creating the term ‘ambient music’. He used it to describe music he created that can be actively listened to, or ignored. He used the term to separate his music from elevator music, and Muzak although they really do the same thing. The overall idea is to create an ambient atmospheric listening experience for people.
Creating ambient music in acid music studio can be very easy, or very hard depending on how much work you want to put into it. Since ambient music; in general, is about background noise you can pretty much do anything you want. Synthesizer, low bass; specifically humming bass that moves in and out, and other non-intrusive elements work best.
I like to use single elements, with high levels of Delay. They hit and echo away slowly, and the next element hits right about the time the one before it fades away. Sounds like wind, and running water are good, really anything will work. You can use drums or not, your call.
Industrial Ambient: Think quieter Nine Inch Nails, and Marylin Manson. Industrial ambient music uses the same techniques as regular industrial music, but in a more subtle way. A good comparison is horror movie background music, during chases. The music is intended to induce panic. While ambient industrial music is not necessarily use to create tension, the comparison stands. It tends to have a rather strong ritualistic flavor.
Acid music studio is perfect for creating all kinds of ambient music, including industrial ambient. Since this type is as varied as all the other kinds is impossible to say how you should start. Dissonant sounds, droning noise, very low-frequency resonance noises and sporadic percussion are good places to begin. I have created three loop libraries perfect for this kind of music. You can also look to odd radio noises for inspiration.
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