Background/Info:
Sileni
is a Portuguese solo-project driven by Valter Abreu. After two previously
released albums he joined hands with Eight Tower Records for an album
Influenced by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Andrej Tarkovskij.
Content:
The
work takes off with overwhelming, dark-ambient sound waves. There’s a perfect
twist between ambient and pure cinematographic passages. A few spoken samplings
are sometimes accentuating the music. There also is something sensitive running
through the work, which is characterized by a kind of violin sounds. The album
features 9 cuts, which are crescendo reaching their ultimate state of angst at
“Dimmed Memory”.
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This album has something fascinating because of its diversity. Valter
Abreu is masterfully mixing dark-ambient and cinematic atmospheres together.
The work is getting a strong visual appeal accentuated by visions of terror and
also abandoned places. It’s a nihilistic universe with emotional passages. The
composition reveals a great sonic canvas where field recordings (and/or
samplings) have been meticulously merged with the global atmosphere.
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After “Dimmed Memory”, which is a truly climax the few cuts left can’t
create a similar feeling of fright and loneliness.
Conclusion:
This
work let me discover an interesting project, which is naturally switching
ambient and cinematographic music together.
Best
songs: “Dimmed Memory”, “Malformed Creation”, “Surpassed”.
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