Constructed from samples of music originally recorded by Stephen O Malley, Michael Nyman and Ryuichi Sakamoto - as well as recordings from a 'Continental Airline Malfunctioning Airline Inflight Program', this double album is as close as experimental electronic music gets to a true modern classical symphony. Carsten Nicolai has taken immense trouble to craft beautiful melodies out of the sonic tools in his palette and, once he has achieved this amazing artistic feat, he has then created a sonic fuzz to overlay each piece of beauty. Sometimes the fuzz completely covers the melody and sometimes the melody ekes through the fog - like rubbing a filthy window, peeking through and seeing a room full of flowers. The moments when this happens amplify the gorgeous sounds as only a contrast between light and dark can.
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