"Tales From The Igloo" demands your attention..
william | 07/28/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Mick Chillage is a new artist on the electronic music scene although he has been producing music 13 years, with a name like "Chillage" & an album titled "Tales From The Igloo" plus its stunning artwork you can almost pre visualize what this album is about, well almost, rather than just delivering one ambient track after another mick manages to bring almost every electronic genre imaginable to the album, from Dub to IDM to deep atmospheric ambient to electro which makes this a unique & deeply gratifying listen.. From the opener "Hidden landscape" you are introduced to unfamiliar terrain with its sweeping glacial pads & creeping bassline & haunting distant cries of a distressed creature, from there the setting gets darker with the synthesized symphony of "Under the ice" which rides along on the toughest electro industrial beats.. "Floating in hyperspace" relaxes us with warm pads & a deep melodic bass & subtle electro drums.. "Hypothermia" & "Disturbed Earth" take you to some of the darkest places in your mind & is the kind music you would hear if you were actually freezing to death. "Rotation" & "Gateway Station" are pure space music which owe as much to Tangerine Dream & Vangelis, as they do to modern ambient producers like Global communication & Namlook, whilst creating a somewhat new direction in this genre, the later half of the album picks up in pace & mood somewhat with "Dubmarine" a deep & dubby techno track with its infectious lead lines, then we are on to the soulful "Melting emotion" where mick blends slow motion electro & melodic IDM with startling results.. The Album finishes of with "Precinct 14" which pays homage to John Carpenter's "Assault on precinct 13" infamous bassline, rather than just doing a cover he takes it to a whole new level of emotion..
I Feel this album has something really special & timeless going on which is refreshing at a time where modern music is sometimes judged on what software was used & how complex the structures are rather than actually asking the question will I want to listen to this in years to come ?
Well I know I will..."
