- Category: Music » Rock & Pop » Alternative
- Format: Vinyl Learn more about the Vinyl format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: June 9, 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Immune Records
- UPC: 804879190622
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113454701
- Average Customer Review: There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #231495 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #61571 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
- #5076 in Alternative (See Top 100 Alternative Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Luminarium" by Tape to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Luminarium"Browse more products related to "Tape"ReviewThe Wire (p.57) - "Tape organically blend balsa-light acoustic textures with a range of organs and a gentle yet firm digital pressure." Title NoteTape's fourth album finds the Swedish trio working once more on their own, having experimented successfully with Marcus Schmickler on 2005's Milieu. Luminarium is both an extension of that album's extremely careful blend of acoustics and electronics -- the lines between the two are so finely drawn as to be nonexistent -- and a softer contemplation of sound. There's something present, just, which calls to mind the most graceful moments of Robert Wyatt or late Talk Talk, but without the overtly anthemic drive of those acts -- a sense of jazz as spacious exploration, of texture and fragmentation within a careful, calm context (the blend of stuttering feedback guitar and steady piano on "Dripstone" in particular sounds like something from side two of Laughing Stock, in the best possible way). The woozy but never sloppy melody on the opening "Beams" gives a sense of the band's carefully balanced aesthetic at work, with the guitar sounding almost like a soft waltz while occasional percussion fills and the soft drift of backing keyboards let the song float a little more loosely -- the rest of the album feels much the same way, where an overall feeling throughout contrasts against the realization that a listener is never quite sure where a song will go next. Consider the introduction of the descending keyboard part on "Fingers," first on its own, then slightly overdubbed, and later suddenly but quietly complemented by both a quiet guitar solo and a shuffling drum loop that increases and decreases in volume constantly. Songs such as "Mystery Mutiny" explore a more overtly free-form approach, with the electronics there very much calling late '70s space/synth explorers to mind, while the elegiac, acoustic guitar and drone keyboard flow of the penultimate song, "Illuminations," not only ties in with the album title but with the feeling of the album as a whole, a softly enveloping glow. ~ Ned Raggett If You Enjoy "Luminarium (Vinyl)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Luminarium (Vinyl)" by Tape (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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