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Artist: Yen Pox
Title: Blood Music
Format: 2CD (double CD)
Label: Malignant Records (@)
Rated: *****
According to the label, this is a re-release that has been out of print for almost 15 years. My main exposure to Yen Pox has been his work with Troum, which was excellent. What was most surprising is that it doesn't seem dated at all, which is quite a feat in itself. Perhaps part of this springs from the fact that it is completely remixed and remastered. It also includes an unreleased track on disc one and a second disc containing the first cassette and 7' and compilation tracks. It comes beautifully packaged in a double DVD digipack. Quite nice. Now on to the music. From the very beginning, you get the sense that this is going to be a nice, dark journey. The tracks flow well into each other, fading in and out of your thoughts as your mind drifts along with the music. This is serious, wonderful dark ambient ' no cheesy horror movie samples ' just deep bass drone and a slightly disconcerting atmosphere. Disc 2 is a bit more experimental. For example, 'Dervish' sounds like a deconstructed orchestra warm-up/rehearsal session. When you hear it you'll know what I mean. Overall, this disc is a lot noisier and doesn't quite hang together like Disc 1, but that is to be expected when it is pieced together out of compilation tracks and other appearances. Still quite nice listening, but more demanding than the first disc. Disc 1 Weighs in at 77 minutes and Disc 2 weighs in at about 72 minutes, so you will definitely get your money's worth. This is highly recommended for fans of dark ambient.


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