Release Date: 2004

Genre: Electronic/Ambient

Label: Diatonis

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Producer: Diatonis

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One of the most electrifyingly cool decisions I've made this week has been to listen to and review Diatonis - Trajectories - a magnificent piece of work that has quite obviously composed and produced by an artist who has that ability to make his music seemingly 'sentient' by the sheer passion he exudes in it's composition.

In the artists own words: "Creating this album, I tried not to edit for that "perfect" sound that is inherent to electronic music. Because the instruments themselves have a mechanical perfection it is challenging to get a sound that's not stale and emotionless, using them. Sometimes the most interesting things come from mistakes, or the more chaotic realm of raw creativity. My approach allows for random elements to be introduced into the song, which add a certain complexity and variety. This organic quality is what gives nature it's beauty. I find this the most exciting and enjoyable place from which to create."

For me, what makes this album a more-than-worthy addition to my collection is the sheer skill and concentrated effort that has gone into each piece. It's an electronic/ambient album that provokes sooooooooo much imagery regardless of your mood and the vividness of that imagery is heightened by the masterful compositional skill and nicely conceived arrangements.

The overall sound separation when played on a decent hi fi is quite startling which all adds up to a very nicely produced recording. I particularly like the arrangements in Flatland, Lucid Dreaming, and Thundering Silence, but the entire album is quite fascinating and deserves more of my time than I can afford right now.

Get yourself into that head space in an environment that's calm and relaxed and let Diatonis superb Trajectories album do the rest.. it'll be the single most sensible thing you did with your day (or night) in a long time!

Elley Wilson

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