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THE REVIEW
The sound of inner exploration. The exploration of the soul.
It is intimate music that of Richard Skelton. No geometries or musical architectures of any kind. The sound chromaticism is launched into a continuous evolution, magmatic in its engraving on itself.
Every slightest sound impulse is connected to moods that blend with the "naturalness" of the proposal, a fundamental factor in the dreamlike alchemy of the splendid "Landings".
"Shore" is a very light journey into romantic despair, which makes itself felt, while "Brook" opens scenarios towards a paradise torn apart by the shrill and enchanting sound of strings never so perfect and "hard".
"Heys" is the desert-like sensation of nothingness, "Lowe" the night that comes somber over that desert.
"Marking time" more than a real album is a journey within the self. The composition of the tracks doesn't serve the listener: better to immerse oneself in the sensory experience of "Marking time".
1. "Grange" (3:15)
2. "Shore" (7:34)
3. "Fold" (6:24)
4. "Heys" (3:20)
5. "Brook" (7:03)
6. "Lowe" (7:59)
7. "Stake" (5:18)
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Richard Skelton's 'Marking Time' is an intimate ambient album that takes listeners on a deep, emotional journey inward. With evolving, organic soundscapes and evocative tracks like 'Shore' and 'Brook,' it explores themes of despair, paradise, and nothingness. The album is less about traditional structure and more about immersing in a sensory and dreamlike experience. It offers a magical fusion of natural sounds and emotive chromaticism.Tracklist Videos
Richard Skelton
English composer and sound artist known for intimate ambient/drone works that use field-recording and strings; operated the Sustain-Release label.02 Reviews
