http://www.vitalweekly.net/1307.html?fbclid=IwAR0Q0ZeTT7PY8QicjQoym1zPyGcQ8kUOm9Fc8mAEoW-nnvODlZYRY9wbigYSOMNOROASE PĂSĂRELE - COSMS (cassette by Mask Of The Slave)
Two lengthy quotes are all Somnoroase Păsărele gives as 'explanation'. One is by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, and the other one is by Rudolf Steiner. They both deal with the cosmos and how important they think it is. "Real science must be cosmic — otherwise it is not science" - that kind of thing. All of which is interesting and yet something that doesn't change how I perceive the music. Story or no story that is still the thing, I guess. This cassette has four pieces, all-around eight/nine minutes long and follows the patterns of Somnoroase Păsărele previous releases. The music from Gili Mocanu (MMercury is the other member, 'assemblage, track titling and pedantics') relies heavily on loops, digital sampling rather than cut from real tape, in combination with synthesizers and electronics. In 'Izar', there is an undercurrent of cosmic music (as is to be expected, so I thought, with such a title), but 'Kolchab' is on the experimental edge of cosmic music. This song/piece reminded me of Conrad Schnitzler. The two pieces on the other side are even more experimental. In 'Gacrux', there are vague loops and mishmash of electronic keyboards stapled together, forming a rather chaotic pattern. In 'Formalhaut', the vagueness prevails, and it's drone-like, field recording heavy and quite mysterious. The synthesizer is now almost gone or, perhaps, has an entirely different shape than in the three previous pieces. This cassette contains classical music from Somnoroase Păsărele, and it isn't their most excellent or weakest work. They march on! (FdW)
