Lifelong Corporation – From The Space (Album – Lifelong Corporation)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Dark-Ambient.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Albert Roda has already been active for several years now under the Lifelong Corporation moniker. He has released an impressive number of productions and now brings us thirteen new cuts.
The album came out on May 20, 2022 as a self-released digital download. The Bandcamp page sets out the concept behind the track titles: “A long time ago the songs of Lifelong Corporation were lost in space, years later they reached Earth through radio signals from different points in outer space.”
Content: The album features pretty short cuts -only one track is going over 4 minutes. The sound is totally devoted to Cinematic music with a Dark-Ambient touch on top.
+ + + : I like the overwhelming sound production which is accentuated by vague, orchestral, arrangements. It’s an impressive, heavy, sound production which totally fits to accompany imagery like films, documentaries, pictures ao. “From KOI-4878.01” is an absolute masterpiece and is the longest cut from the album.
– – – : Most of the tracks are short and coming to an end an abrupt way. It’s a pity the tracks aren’t longer and more elaborated as this is an interesting work.
Conclusion: Lifelong Corporation stands for pure Cinematic music which can be now dark and relaxing and then still dark but freaky.
Best songs: “From KOI-4878.01”, “From Mu Arae”.
Rate: 6½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/Lifelong-Corporation-62792654088
About Lifelong Corporation
Lifelong Corporation is a Spanish project led by Albert Roda. The music moves between cinematic instrumentals, dark ambient, synthpop and electronic pop, and the project has kept a self-released output since the late 2000s.
Discogs lists digital singles running from “Circus” and “I’m Sorry” in 2008 through “Falling Angels” in 2009, “Cognitive”, “Humans” and “Japan” in 2012, “Animals” in 2013, “Circles” in 2014, “Retronaut” in 2015, “I Confess” in 2016, “Clouds” in 2017 and “The Time Machine” in 2019. All of them are credited to the project itself rather than to a label.
The pace picked up again around the album reviewed here: the singles “Lovers” and “Running To Nowhere” also date from 2022 and “This Life” followed in 2023. The Bandcamp discography has since passed sixty-five releases, which makes “From The Space” one entry in a long and continuing run of self-released material.
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