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Wim Mertens
Struggle For Pleasure

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THE REVIEW

Music is transhumance. Skies passed through. Obscuring dark Grecian winds. Dark faceless gazes. Disenchantment. Plucked pillows. Woods fragrant with opaque resins. Rough dust on tapestries. Moon in syzygy. Burnt Sienna earth.
"Tourtour", Wim Mertens, 1983.

Music is nostalgia. Dismay. Improvisation of the intertwining eyes. Idolized pain. Misunderstanding. Crackling of calluses under the soles. Unquenched jaws. Deadly bonds. Madness. Shattered glass. Terrified livid screams. Longing. Faint. Trance. Comatose state. Near-death. Pneuma. Rest. Dark cadmium red.
"Struggle For Pleasure", Wim Mertens, 1983.

Music is reminiscence. Veil of a proud dancing odalisque. Emulation. Contrast in Romance Language. Ornamental varno. Village feast. Tame beasts among fiery rings. Folk song. Free zones of thought. Blurred films. Scarlet red.
"Salernes", Wim Mertens, 1983.

Music is melancholy. Ancient wisdom. Pregnant woman. Painted dreams. Nest. Lovers who do not know each other. Organza gloves. Iridescent reflections among willow leaves. Pendulum chimes at dusk. Pink carmine lacquer.
"Close Cover", Wim Mertens, 1983.

Music is sloth. Waiting. Drowning. Weak slaps. Exhaustion. Drunken hares. Medieval towers. Soliloquies. Stagnation. Blackened ceramics. Half-closed eyelids. Bare tabernacles. Anthracite gray.
"Bresque", Wim Mertens, 1983.

Music is fables. Preterition. Childlike teasing. Court minstrels. Carnival spirits. First autumn bloom. Escape. Needle-like polychromy. Licentiousness. Distilled wines. Laughing alcoves. Overflowing wicker baskets. Black songs at sunset. Solferino lacquer.
"Gentleman Of Leisure", Wim Mertens, 1983.

"Struggle For Pleasure", Wim Mertens, 1983.

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The review poetically interprets Wim Mertens' 1983 album Struggle For Pleasure, highlighting its evocative and nostalgic qualities. Each track is described with vivid sensory and emotional language, emphasizing themes of melancholy, reminiscence, and deep feeling. The album is portrayed as an immersive journey through varied moods and colors. Ultimately, the review praises the profound emotional resonance and artistic depth of Mertens' music.

Tracklist Lyrics Videos

01   Tourtour (02:35)

02   Struggle for Pleasure (03:57)

Instrumental

03   Salernes (03:03)

04   At Home (07:53)

05   Close Cover (03:21)

06   Bresque (02:38)

07   Gentleman of Leisure (04:38)

08   Not at Home (07:23)

Wim Mertens

Wim Mertens (1953) is a Belgian composer, pianist and vocalist known for minimalist-rooted works that blend repetition with strong melodic and emotional pull. Active since the early 1980s, he is celebrated for Struggle for Pleasure, Close Cover, and the film score The Belly of an Architect, as well as his piano-and-voice cycle often dubbed ‘Petite Musique De Chambre.’
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