Hilyard – Furthermore (CD Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Soundscape, cinematographic, dark-ambient. Background/Info: American solo project Hilyard (Bryan Hilyard) has already released several productions, but this new work is his first solo-album released on Cryo Chamber (he previously released the “Alpine Respire”-album together with ProtoU).
Content: The sonic of universe featured at this album is a rather familiar ambient experience, creating a sonic bridge between soundscape and dark-ambient music. The dark atmospheres are rather quiet, but definitely hostile. You feel like you are surfing on a dense, dark sound-wave where little noises are constantly emerging at the surface.
+ + + : “Furthermore” has something monotonous and inhibited; it’s composed with low sound resonations creating an intriguing and mysterious atmosphere. I can’t say that the album has been composed with an impressive canvas of sounds, but the power and efficiency emerge from numerous little fragments and details. This work has something paranoiac; like the impression ‘big brother’ is watching you.
– – – : The monotony of the work makes its strength, but also its only weakness. But that’s what you often will experience with these kinds of productions dealing with soundscape-inspired work. Speaking for myself I think a little bit more diversity would have made this work fully successful.
Conclusion: “Furthermore” is an enjoyable album giving me goosebumps, but I think there’s more potential in this work than what came out.
Best songs: “Airflows And Airlocks”, “Inverted Horizon”.
Rate: (7). Artist: www.facebook.com/hilyardmusic
Label: www.cryochamberlabel.com / www.facebook.com/CryoChamber
About Hilyard
Hilyard is the ambient project of American musician Bryan Hilyard, based in Aurora, Maine, active since 2013 with releases including “Asleep In Amber” (2016), “Repose” (2017) and “Mercy Within” (2018).
“Furthermore”, reviewed here, was Hilyard’s first solo album released on Cryo Chamber, following his 2017 collaboration “Alpine Respire” with ProtoU. He continued on the label with “On The Sorrow Of Firn” (2020) and “A Wake In Shadows” (2022).
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