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Continuum represents a multi-layered synonym for the collective ambition and
vision of Dirk Serries (VidnaObmana, Fear Falls Burning) and Steven Wilson
(Porcupine Tree, Bass Communion, Blackfield), motivated by their immense passion
for a wide-range of musical styles. “Continuum 2” is the second release in a
series of limited edition albums being issued by Soleilmoon Recordings. Each CD
is presented in a beautiful oversized digipack with breathtaking design and
artwork by Lasse Hoile.
“Continuum 1”, the first release, captured both artists’ love of desolate,
minimal music, and featured three 20 minute pieces of richly melancholic
textural music. It sold out within a few weeks of its release, and was
subsequently pirated in the Czech Republic, a dubious honor never previously
bestowed upon a Soleilmoon release.
Fast-forward two years, and Serries and Wilson are back with “Continuum 2”. The
new album again has three long pieces, but breaks from its predecessor by
enriching its electronic soundscapes with a variety of electric guitars. The
album defies easy categorization as it willfully and relentlessly crosses
boundaries and genres, breaking every rule it meets and tearing down fences–and
expections–along the way. Is it ambient? Is it metal? It is neither, and yet, it
is both. But it’s so much more. Think of a Sci-Fi horror film shot on the
surface of an abandoned, ghost-ridden planet, or the soundtrack to a slow motion
apocalypse in which all life is extinguished beneath rock, dust and convulsing
earth. Released on Soleilmoon and available July 31st, 2007.
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Dirk Serries & Steven Wilson - Continuum 2 |
CD $19.97
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