Sverre Knut Johansen - Secret Space Program.txt
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Album: Secret Space Program
Artist: Sverre Knut Johansen
Year: 2017
Genre / Style: Electronic / New Age / Ambient
DESCRIPTION
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Truth be told, the beginnings of this work sounds like wistful New Age, albeit with some cinematic potency. Melodic ambient (once again "Melambient" applies) with natural sounds of gulls and surf, string swells and rapid synth arpeggios whizzing by, and some synth melodies, but it hardly exemplifies the first track's title, "MILAB (Military Abduction)." The second track also seems to be mistitled - "Black Ops (Military Secret Space Programs)," with a romantic melody and nothing sinister going on at all. In fact, things don't get dark until the seventh track, "Blue Avians," a percussionless number that's heavy on deep synth pads. Although there are some nice cinematic ambiences I
didn't get much excited about the music until track 8 - "Genetic Programs." Here there is classic Tangerine Dream style synth sequencing and a lot less of the romantic melodicism that Johansen is noted for. Everything on this track works, firing on all cylinders with a crackling anxiety. What a drag it is though to come down on the next number, "Precognitive Abilities," with melodic romantic synth lead, piano, and an incongruously hyperactive percussion track. It is redeemed by "Raising Our Vibrational and Consciousness Level" that gives the inpression of floating through the aether. "Orb Beings" is symptomatic of everything that is good, and not so good about this album. There is melancholic romantic melody juxtaposed by a sense of urgency, cosmic synths and space guitar sounds, dramatic percussion, a large symphonic presence, and cosmic aura. This dances on the edge of New Age perilously close to the precipice without absolutely falling off. As for the 'Secret Space Program' concept, I don't believe the music lives up to it, although on its own (perhaps with a less nefarious precept) it's a nice symphonic ambient outing. - Steve Mecca on 7 May 2017 ; http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=9825
FILE INFORMATION
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Number of Tracks: 16
Total Duration: 1:10:50
Total Size: 162 MBs (including scans, m3u, and txt)
Parity Archive: Yes, 7%
Ripped By: NMR
Files Created on: NMR
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Encoded At: 320k CBR / 44.1 KHz
ID3 Tags: Yes
TXT Created: 1 January 2018
Tracklist
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01) MILAB (Military Abduction)
02) Black Ops (Military Secret Space Programs)
03) LOC (Lunar Operations Command)
04) Secret Space Program
05) Blue Indigo Balls Of Light
06) Esoteric
07) Blue Avians
08) Genetic Programs
09) Precognitive Abilities
10) Raising Our Vibrational and Consciousness Level
11) Orb Beings
12) Matrix Of Spheres
13) IE (Intuitive Empath)
14) Sphere Being Alliance
15) We Are One
16) (Outro) SSP
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