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Matteo Grilli's reviews tagged cinematic

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    5/5 stars

    Raul Lovisoni and Francesco Messina only worked together on one record, this one, and it's a concept album dedicated to the unfinished adventure novel 'Le Mont Analogue' by Rene Daumal. This has already the making of a legendary, forgotten classic, and the music doesn't disappoint, at all.

    Long ambient washes, motifs coming in and out of focus from the haze, hypnotic harp sequences, vocal textures, piano licks and warm synth tones make up an incredible collage of sounds painting a mesmerizing but slightly unnerving picture. It really feels like a long climb up a mysterious mountain while reality slowly warps and bends in strange ways.

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    4/5 stars

    Very interesting bit of library music, originally released on the Colorsound label. Lots of high energy tracks, ranging from funk and rhythm and blues to more manic, weird psych jazzy tension numbers.

    A really cool blend of different textures and colors. Originally intended to be used alongside scenes of factory work and assembly lines the music here feels not so much as high tech and clean but rather frantic and quite alienating.

    Great album and great piece of social commentary as well.

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    3/5 stars

    this album feels like a more cohesive and atmospheric trip rather than a collection of outtakes and unused bits from Mike Dean's superstar collaborations. Sonically rich with amazing classic analog synth tones, hypnotic vocoder lines and heavily effected saxophone riffs.

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    5/5 stars

    I just love this record so much, I don't really have a lot to say. I remember when it came out many people in my 'bubble' seemed disappointed by it, probably expected something else but I honestly have been completely floored by the first listen. It's a small world that I love to inhabit. It's an incredibly well crafted record that has attention for the smallest details and never loses sight of the bigger picture.

    A perfect album.

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    3.5/5 stars

    Nice collection of mostly instrumental music by Johnny Jewel, ranging in tone from soft and elegiac to dark and brooding. Not a huge fan of the sequencing of the tracks and it feels more like a collection of tracks than a proper flowing and cohesive album but there's a lot of good tracks here