Monday, April 5, 2010

REVIEW: A Setting Sun - Flower Garden Of Doom

7 out of 10

A Setting Sun is a project from Moodgadget's Jay Bodley. The music within is an alluring combination of Ambient drones with minimal IDM scratched surfaces. "Flower Garden Of Doom" is sure to be pleasing to any fan of Boards Of Canada, Ulrich Schnuauss (Far Away Trains Passing Away), Brian Eno, Fennesz, and maybe Wisp. I only wish I could feel this warm while at rest all the time.

Even though "Flower Garden Of Doom" is A Setting Sun's third release, it comes off as a thesis for the project's name. The overall mood and feeling I get from this release is laying in a grassy patchy somewhere outside soaking in the warmth of the sun while life around me slowly morphs and evolves. Droney atmospheres that are so warm you may want to take off clothing to cool down. Clicks, cuts, white noises, and scratches that give you the feeling of tiny little creatures forming life around your motionless body. And Simple guitar melodies, that are only present when needed, give birth to the concept that nothing is meaningless in your current state. You are witnessing microbial evolution at it's finest. You will simply lay there and soak in everything around you. You are not dead, you are not thoughtless, you are at one with everything.

This is organic/hazey electronic mood music/good sleepy time music, especially if you're a fan of taking naps outdoors.. You're getting warmer now.. Recommended.

Standout Tracks: Sun Hammer Pounding, Raspberry

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