Artist: Craig Padilla
Tracklist:
1. The Light in the Shadow 63:00
A new, deep-space long-form work from the acclaimed fourteen-year veteran of electronic music! The Light in the Shadow is an electronic/space ambient evolutionary sound environment that is dense and organic in texture, and otherworldly in experience.
A single track features over sixty minutes of continuous music.
The Light In The Shadow has the floating, blissful quality of classic ambient/new age work of early Steve Roach, Michael Stearns or Kevin Braheny. The music bathes you in beautiful sounds, from washes of string-like sounds to long, tones that drift from one speaker to another.
While The Light In The Shadow is primarily a drone-based piece, it evolves significantly through its 1:03 length. At times, Padilla thins the music down to a perfume-like ambience, and at other times he builds densely layered sound collages. The piece also gradually build from a free-flowing beginning to a more rhythmic peak. Padilla adds layers of interlocking sequences that add a sense of motion, without making the music driving.
Padilla’s CD has a seductive sound, but also a depth, so that it rewards various levels of listening. For ambient and space music and Craig Padilla’s The Light In the Shadow is another great release.
