Artist: Przemyslaw Rudz
P: 2010
The album begins with soft ambient washes, somewhat resembling the spacey moods conjured up by P. Namlook and T. Inoue throughout the "Shades of Orion"-series; soon, however, the music drifts in the direction of sequential patterns a la Jean-Michel Jarre, whose music was one of the most important sources of inspiration for Przemyslaw Rudz. In such a way, the introduction is a cross-over piece between chillout-lounge and rich textured sequential elpop.
The next piece is an interesting combination of two different moods: There are, on the one hand, recurring, Jarre-like, icy chord-waves, and ,on the other hand, nice rhythmic patterns a bit like good old (about 1985) Marek Bilinski stuff.
In the third piece there have remained only fat clouds of spinning chords, lively beats are there no more; hark, there it comes, endless serene Blue oozing out of the speakers... Still, quite soon a catchy ostinato in some low key lurks in, and the whole scene turns immediately into a haunting mood in the style of Tangerine Dream`s "Thief" soundtrack... The main sequencer joins in and so we are ready to greet the fourth track, sheer ostinato-battlefield with pumping sequences and gloomy chords raining cats and dogs in the background... Indeed, we are not far away from amazing dynamics of Tangerine Dream`s "Horizon"-suite (1984).
Number five (so far my favorite one in the whole set) is an ingenuous conjoint of subtle ambient "nature sounds" and the grooviness of a programmed percussion-line, which is very upbeat but... with no single beat uttered, just mere whooshes of "electronic cymbals"! This fine arrangement makes it clear, that there is a whole lot of amassed energy, somehow never to be let out of the bag, though. This track reminds me of both parts of "Xangadix" by Pino & Wildjamin; the Listener may take a walk across the rusty, sepia meadow, as if taken from some long forgotten photograph, and still so lively and sappy... be careful where you tread, watch this whole lot of cyber insects fooling around amidst the wire blades of grass...
The next piece consists of several contrasted parts; in the beginning, there resonate some ambient chords in a major key, then we have a nice foggy passage leading to a groovy, programmed coda, yet another fine combination of lounge music and solid elpop with a slight IDM touch to it.
The seventh track brings some great sequencer-driven pads in fruity colors... This is a nice background for free falling "fainting" sounds of the lead synth solo. This track merges with the final piece of the album, some of the previously introduced tunes get continued, but the whole track gets a bit quieter and, so to speak, a bit more spacey. The main attraction is a very fine solo tune (as if played on the legendary PPG Wave or yet more legendary Theremin), slyly balancing between sunny relax and minor (slightly chromatic) doubts...
All in all, "Summa Technologiae" is a multi-colored album, a good portion of fine electronic music, which sounds fresh, rich and crystal clear at the same time.
Weight:
0,105
kg per
piece