Artist: V/A
Trackliste:
- Ride the Beach John Dyson & Michael Shipway [6:04]
- Song for a Friend David Wright [4:34]
- Strange Escapism Eric van der Heijden [5:25]
- Hymne Dreamerproject [5:14]
- Berlin Thunder Ron Boots [10:27]
- The Last Toy Emily Broke Paul Ward [4:34]
- Beautiful Day (Live) F.D Project [7:01]
- Walking with Ghosts (Ambient Remix) David Wright [5:15]
- Escape the T.N.B.C Glenn Main [7:47]
- Slow Flow Ron Boots [21:10]
'E-Scape 2015′ is a collection of exclusive tracks from artists who will be appearing at the 2015 UK E-Scape Festival on 30th May. Despite the varied line up and styles on offer, this CD hangs together very well and is a very emotive album. From the classic opening UK synth sound of John Dyson and Michael Shipway’s ‘Ride the Beach’, through the romanticism of Dreamerproject’s ‘Hymne’, and the Berlin school adventures of Ron Boots’s ‘Berlin Thunder’, the album never dips below ‘excellent’ and there are no throwaway tracks here. Eric van der Heijden’s ‘Strange Escapism’ is a surreal sound voyage, FD Project’s ‘Beautiful Day’ is a full on, guitar driven live recording. David Wright’s ‘Walking With Ghosts’ Ambient Remix by DJMass is an interesting take on an old favourite and ‘Song for a Friend’ is a delicate rhythmic, ballad dedicated to the late Steve Roberts. Glenn Main’s beautiful ‘Escape the TNBC’ also has a strong personal overtone. Nice to hear music from Paul Ward again too, the interesting and playful ‘The Last Toy Emily Broke’ while Ron Boots concludes the album with the drifting and spaced out ‘Slow Flow’.
The album is dedicated to the memory of Edgar Froese and Steve Roberts.
This 2015 release features 77 minutes of dreamy electronic music.
This release offers previously unreleased tracks by musicians participating in AD Music’s E-Scape Electronic Music Festival in 2015. The contributions include:
John Dyson & Michael Shipway. Twinkling tones conspire with cerebral chords to produce an elegant tune laced with rhythms.
David Wright. Solemn beats and melancholy keyboards craft a stately piece dedicated to lost friends.
Eric van der Heijden. Reedy keys combine with breathy flutes and gentle percussives to generate a moody track in search of a way out.
Dreamerproject. Delicate harpsichord, rhythms and orchestral strings create a reverent song of tender sentiments.
Ron Boots. Majestic-but-understated electronics generate a mood of anticipation with cyclic chords seasoned by synthetic strings. The music gradually swells in muster, featuring a blooping undercurrent as the song’s puissance mounts to a loving crescendo.
Paul Ward. Strong rhythms support slippery keys that describe an edgy tune.
FD Project. Vibrant electric guitar is the key instrument here, accompanied by percussion and a ringing presence of pulsating tonalities to establish an ecstatic live piece.
David Wright. Regal tones delineate a pleasant tune laced with choral hints and whispery keys lurking beneath the more strident keyboard lead-riff.
Glenn Main. Piano joins electronic keys in a pastiche of fragile beauty that uplifts as it mesmerizes. The introduction of searing guitar midway elevates the piece’s inherent passion.
Ron Boots. Here, we have an epic (and winning) contribution-at 21 minutes in length. Rattly percussives tease vaporous electronics to coalesce into a soothing ambience that mounts some stately oomph with piano and additional keys, transforming the song into a lavishly emotional composition.
A worthwhile selection of international musicians, all displaying their skills at producing delicate electronic tuneage.
