Title: Seafire
Artist: Bochum Welt
Label: CPU
Cat Number: 01001111
Genre: IDM/Ambient
1: Color Me (Extended)
2: At Dawn
3: Southern England In Summer
4: Canyon Drive
5: THR (Dance Mix)
6: N Hayworth Ave
7: Color me (Mix 2)
8: Sentimental
9: Melodie d’Aout
10: Mavic 1
11: More Light
This transient collection lugubriously stirs the emotions and gently lays them to rest under layers of cold weather vibrations, only going up a gear on ‘THR (Dance Mix)’, ‘Melodie d’Aout’ and ’10 Mavic 1’. It finds its niche in a world were the Cocteau Twins have been shorn of guitar and are trying to make as many variants of the ‘Picture Box’ theme tune as they can. There is something very English about the music being made here: ‘At Dawn’ sonically echoes a location easy to imagine but difficult to convey. The same can be said for ‘Southern England In Summer’. The sequencing of the small, but concise compositions reminds me of The KLF’s ‘Chill Out’, but it’s an impression rather than a full-blown similarity. The placing of ‘Color Me (Mix 2)’ six tracks on from its original version is suggestive of an ambient set drawing the audience into its second phase, with the mood fluctuating, and becoming more urgent before burning out on a beach in the early morning.
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