Grand CD Listen Through, Part 19

[the_eggwhite]

I'm on a roll today, and sleep isn't happening, so I'm going to press on into the Es. First up, we have:

The Echelon Effect - Mosaic
First things first, this is a small independent artist who's work is incredible, so he's getting a post all of his own and isn't being shoved behind a cut tag. This one gets shoved into your friends feed in full. So there.

What's more, you can listen along over here, or view the website over here.

In short, it's one of the most relaxing and pleasant works of ambient music I've heard in a long time. In terms of music that lets your mind wander and find its own imagery, I'd put it right up there with Global Communication's 76:14... and that's some pretty damned high praise.

If you want to let yourself go and get lost in some music, put this one on. Or pretty much any other Echelon Effect stuff. It's incredible, it's relaxing and it's inspiring.

As well as the music, it also contains one of the finest song titles I've ever encountered:
Defying Gravity To Reach You.

I don't know why that one hits me as much as it does. Possibly it's because, when it boils down to it, I'm a bit soppy about such things, and that's a very science fictional way to express something very romantic. It's also an amazing piece of music, which helps.

Verdict: Keep and spread around

Comments

[cryx]

Thanks for passing this on. I've only heard the first few bars and think it's something I will like very much! How did you find out about this artist?

[eggwhite.livejournal.com]

I discovered them via the killer combo of twitter and bandcamp. Find and artist I like on bandcamp, follow them on twitter. See who they recommend, listen to them on bandcamp, follow them on twitter... etc.

I think the route I took to The Echelon Effect was via Matt Stevens (who does some pretty awesome "one guy with a guitar and some loop pedals" kind of thing) and possibly a few others along the way.