Recollection by OTI
A journey across both powerful and peaceful sonic territories, incorporating field recordings from the artist's childhood and a recent expedition to Poland.
Tracklist
| 1. | Recollection | 0:46 |
| 2. | Mass Inhabitance (Poland) | 14:34 |
| 3. | Large Open Spaces | 6:01 |
| 4. | Liquidia | 11:10 |
| 5. | Another Kind | 12:04 |
| 6. | Born Inside | 4:14 |
| 7. | The Recollection (Warsaw) | 17:01 |
| 8. | One Day In May, 1998 | 3:33 |
| 9. | She Listens | 2:35 |
| 10. | Little Tummies (For Sinead) | 2:09 |
Credits
released July 1, 2005
From the first moment, when the sounds of a scratchy vinyl record and distant bells form a subtle beat, it’s clear the OTI’s Recollection is a classic-style ambient piece, more feeling than mundane musicality. Purporting to be a retelling in sound of the composer’s life, Recollection wrings deep emotional content from minimalistic output.
Impressions built from a wide variety of sounds drift by on cool drone-waves like REM-sleep glimpses of the world. And it’s not always a pleasant world. Children’s voices in "Large Open Spaces" become sharp and grating, with a sense of something being wrong as they ride exquisitely over a New Age keyboard melody. It’s a perfect juxtaposition. Mocking electronic laughter in "Another kind" is genuinely disturbing. Across its length, Recollection moves through spaces both light and dark. The sound selections are intriguing and immersive; the drones that form the musical base are elegantly minimalist and waver between calming and foreboding. This is a CD worth repeated deep listens. OTI has put an amazing amount of detail into it.
From the first moment, when the sounds of a scratchy vinyl record and distant bells form a subtle beat, it’s clear the OTI’s Recollection is a classic-style ambient piece, more feeling than mundane musicality. Purporting to be a retelling in sound of the composer’s life, Recollection wrings deep emotional content from minimalistic output.
Impressions built from a wide variety of sounds drift by on cool drone-waves like REM-sleep glimpses of the world. And it’s not always a pleasant world. Children’s voices in "Large Open Spaces" become sharp and grating, with a sense of something being wrong as they ride exquisitely over a New Age keyboard melody. It’s a perfect juxtaposition. Mocking electronic laughter in "Another kind" is genuinely disturbing. Across its length, Recollection moves through spaces both light and dark. The sound selections are intriguing and immersive; the drones that form the musical base are elegantly minimalist and waver between calming and foreboding. This is a CD worth repeated deep listens. OTI has put an amazing amount of detail into it.
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