Transmission
13 – The Stars Shine Through The Darkness
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Manchester
based ambient folktronic artist releases his fifth album.
Releasing
five albums in four years is quite some feat.
Releasing five albums of such startling quality of those that Transmission
13 does is greater still, and after several listening’s The Stars Shine Through
The Darkness could be the finest release yet.
Set
against a backdrop of the universe and space travel, the album transcends
ambient and drone to great effect with added soundbytes and vocals making it a
very complete affair. Indeed, when the
stillness is broken and heavier sounds come into place, the atmosphere is
simply intensified.
If
there is a trademark sound to Transmission 13 then is maybe comes on Ignition
Sequence Start! a track with percussion from guest and previous collaborator
Antonio de Braga over a delicate piano and sounds of astronauts speaking from
space.
The
Stars Shine Through The Darkness is possibly the natural accompaniment to
Public Service Broadcastings Race For Space and it calms and caresses in equal amounts
with the interspersion of tracks like Nebula that break the calm with
incredible bursts of sound and power. This is no ordinary ambient album, Transmission
13 may well be breaking a mould here and creating something very special.
Perhaps
unfolding the journey to space around the planets and back to Earth, the mood
of the twelve tracks swings superbly and the thought and attention to detail
that has gone into it is clear to see.
The beautiful Showdown shimmers like a twinkling star before
6am/Heligoland creates a gentle pulsating beat.
Under
The Volcano maybe introduces the possibility of alien life as screeches and
echoes reverb around a timeless cavern, and the title track, present in two
parts, which begin and end the album wrap the collection in a warm, comforting eternity.
Yet
another fine album by an artist that never fails to impress.
Links
Transmission 13 on Soundcloud
Transmission 13 on Twitter
Transmission 13 on Facebook
Transmission 13
Antonio de Braga
Public Service Broadcasting
Published in Louder Than War 01/02/16 - here
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