Resonant Lines – Quantum Call (Album – Littl’Antenna Records / Wool-E Discs)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Ambient-Electro, Industrial.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Claude Celli was born in Luxemburg, but lives in Belgium. He’s an artist involved with different forms of arts; paintings, graphism and of course music. This album is a new chapter in the live series set up by Littl’Antenna in collaboration with Belgian NeuMusik (Wool-E Discs). We get a selection of eight tracks that were originally performed at two different events. It also is the debut album of Resonant Lines.
Content: This work is for sure the most eclectic one I’ve been invited to discover in this series. The main source of inspiration is clearly ambient-driven, but there are a few unexpected surprises. Parts of the work are moving into Industrial fields driven by a kind shamanic vibes. And there’s even a Techno passage mixing danceable beats together with pure astral atmospheres.
+ + + : I like this album for some of its most creative passages; merging Techno elements together with dense Ambient layers sounds a bit as a challenge, but “Glitchy Times” has been masterly accomplished. I also recommend listening to “Spirit Encounters I”, which is bringing this Industrial side together with a transcendental touch. “Spirit Encounters II” moves on the same approach. And if you’re more into pure Electro-Experimental work, you’re for sure are going to like the title track.
– – – : Resonant Lines doesn’t really are about established standards and is mixing different and sometimes opposite influences together. That might be a problem for ‘purists’, but I think it mainly reflects a creative taste.
Conclusion: “Quantum Call” is an accomplished and fascinating debut revealing a true potential.
Best songs: “Spirit Encounters I”, “Spirit Encounters II”, “Glitchy Times”.
Rate: (7½).
Artist: www.claudecelli.com / www.facebook.com/ResonL-555524131624316
Labels: www.wool-e-discs.be / www.belgianneumusik.be /
www.facebook.com/woolediscs / www.antennafestival.be
About Resonant Lines
Resonant Lines is the solo project of Claude Celli, born in Luxembourg and based in Belgium. “Quantum Call,” the project’s debut album, was composed and produced between 2019 and 2020 and released 24 October 2020 as a limited 200-copy CD on Littl’Antenna Records in collaboration with Belgian NeuMusik, per the album’s own Bandcamp credits; two tracks rework live performances at PostX (March 2019) and the AntennA Festival (2020).
“Quantum Call” is Resonant Lines’ only release currently listed on Discogs. No prior Side-Line coverage of Resonant Lines has been found.
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