El Heath - Reflecting (Ambient and Loop Tracks, Autumn 2006)
If nothing else, Reflecting allows me to hear what a Ondes Martenot sounds like. The Ondes Martenot is one of the earliest forms of electronic instruments, having a sound quite similar to the theremin. El Heath aka Eric Heath uses this rather ghostly sounding instrument to good effect on his free online album of ambient electronic music from Phantom Channel. While decidedly ambient, it does have a rather cinematic feel and may sound to some like new age. Not the commercial new age crap passed off by the corporate music structures but New Age as in spiritually and intellectually uplifting. Of the five tracks, I especially like the somewhat spacey “Dragons Chasing Their Tails” and the lazily rhythmic “Macau”.
The album is available in 256kbps MP3.
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Comment by Michael — October 1, 2009 @ 10:07 pm