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Troum: Acouasme

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Artist: Troum (@)
Title: Acouasme
Format: CD
Label: Cold Spring (@)
Rated: * * * * *
As this album is presented as "harsher and more Industrial" than previous release by this project, there's a concern about this word means for this release. In fact, there's nothing truly noisy, a term closely related to the mentioned genres, but there's an attention to the details, and a deviation to the usual scheme of dark ambient based on a drone spanning the whole track, which places this release above other releases in this field. Noise is derived from field recordings so it's used as cinematography i.e., a way to set a context for sound.
The first minutes of "Aliens Laughing About Us" sets a form that is based on drone which are fastly developing above a background of small noises giving to the whole structure a sense of cinematic movement toward something represented by the final crescendo. The low frequency background of "Acouasme" are a canvas for the high pitch tones moving in the aural spectrum and the bass tones of the second part of the track. "Omega Melancholicum" juxtaposes layers of drones until, at half his length, the focus is on a drone slowly increasing his volume to mask the underlying soundscape while "Outer Brain Outsourcing" renounces partly to this structure as it juxtaposes drones until it fulfills all the spectrum maximizing his impact. "Somnolenz" is a track whose tones ebb and flow as the title suggests. "Signe Du Miroir" closes this release with even a drum part that creates a frame for all elements of the other tracks which evoke a sense of loss created by a drone progressively masking the beat and closing the release with a reverberated noise.
Using noise as coloring element rather than for his musical impact, this is a release that need headphone to fully appreciate the craft of the sound production which escape boredom and triviality whenever possible. Truly recommended.

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