[microsound] review/comments Sogar:Basal 12K

[Raul Gonzalez <r2gonzalez@xxxxxxxx>]

....recently arrived alongside Stephen Mathieu's "frequencyLib" and Inoue's &
Deutsch's "Field Tracker."  The 3 discs are all wonderful, but I am
currently, particularly enthralled by "Field Tracker" & "Basal." This
message focuses on Sogar's "Basal," a new release on 12K:

Rightly so, comments by Taylor Deupree have drawn parallels between Sogar &
Shuttle358.  Both artists are able to pad crackles, clicks, hiss, and static
bursts in warm, luscious, padded sounds.  Both their works provide a
bliss-like calm to surround the listener, while allowing other more "micro-"
sounds to filter through.  Sogar's release is a delectable morsel, that is
easy on the palette, sweet, but not overly-so. The backdrop is extremely
calm and pleasant, providing lush, warm pads and long, slightly wavering
tones that keep you tuned into, and help to contextualize the sonic
environment. These sounds appear to melt away long icicles that hang all
around the listener.  The isles drip throughout, producing crackling sounds
as they break apart and fall to the ground. There is a rich layer of sounds
that flows like many winds, of different temperatures and speeds, around and
through the many objects present. The objects emit, fall-apart, recompose,
and interact precisely and with much control with the aural atmospheres.

This work offers a balanced and tempered approach at incorporating
full-bodied, long-long lasting, slow rhythmic thuds and atmospheres with
tiny, cold, metallic snap, crackles, & pops.  Tiny arpeggiated melodies
subtly come and go, with no one part of the composition screaming for
attention. The work is continuous and flows seamlessly from one track to the
next with a well-paced evolutionary tempo.

I very much enjoy this CD and highly recommend it.  The atmosphere and
environment is similar to and reminds me of Biosphere's "Substrata."
However, they are two completely different works with only the feeling they
produce in me being similar.

-enjoy
raul