Reviews of Perpetual [12k1082]

You can feel the presence of the spectators, in the same way that John Cage continued to hear the pumping of his blood when entering an anechoic chamber

With its sound aesthetic, the album is a bridge to the jazz ambient atmosphere of some ECM recordings by Steve Reich or Jon Balke.

A rare moment of sublime sonic art.

L’ultime étape s’annonce, quelques spectateurs re-gardent leur montre, il est temps de regagner son domicile, c’était beau.

Nell’ultimo movimento il pianoforte di Ryuichi Sakamoto è libero di vagare inseguendo traiettorie luminose dietro scampoli di melodie accecanti.

il silenzio è d’oro, come quello che rimane nell’esecuzione e nell’ascolto di questo live. Il silenzio è il letto su cui questa musica dorme. Ascoltiamo, dunque, silenziosamente.

When Perpetual fails to live up to its name and finishes at 49:46, not only are you suddenly and unexpectedly outside at the mercy of the weather, you are also left pleasantly foggy in the head by the whole experience.

Ce que nous croyons bien volontiers, que les artistes eurent immédiatement le sentiment d’avoir accompli quelque chose d’important.

A perfect fusion of the chordal tides of ambient soundscapes and the layered, timbrally exact non-linearity of musique concrete.

Hinted fragments of melodies blink in and away at every level of the multi-tiered space.

“Remarkable.”

Die andern sechs Hände sind vereint in einem selbstlosen Tönen und Vibrieren.

A lesson in listening.

A spacious, yet delicate sound.

On ne peut qu’être admiratif devant ces quatre cerveaux qui fusionnent pour ne devenir qu’une seule et même entité,

There is much to become enveloped and engrossed in.

The music unfolds slowly. The frequencies quiver and wobble. Sounds rattle and crash.

Pepetual ist ein an Ideen und zu erkundenden Sounds reiches Ambientalbum geworden, das zum entspannten Träumen ebenso einlädt wie zur Entdeckungsreise.

Introspective and Vibrant.

Speaking of perfect…

Perpetual is, quite simply, a masterful essay sound art environment.

Nelle tre pièce gli universi sonori dei quattro musicisti sono condensati in una materia sonora viva e cangiante…

Zastygające dźwięki, niespieszne ruchy, ospały ambient i…

This won’t disappoint any fan of this kind of music. It’s a great album.

Fluidity, dedication and slow harmony.