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Oöphoi - Bardo

Posted By: daedneila
Oöphoi - Bardo

Oöphoi - Bardo (2002)
Ambient, Drone | MP3 @ 320 | 74:16 | 219 MB | Rec. 10%

"Bardo" is the first non-Russian album released on the electronic music label "Electroshock Records". Oophoi is Italy?s Gianluigi Gasparetti who had already provided a track for the compilation "Electroshock Presents: "Electroacoustic Music. Vol. VII". "Bardo" came out shortly after the release of "Athlit" on the label "Hypnos" and forays deeper into ambient spiritual electronics. There are six states of consciousness in the Tibetan bardo, a meditative rite of passage from Life to Death. Oophoi retains four of them expressed in lengthy tracks (12 to 29 minutes). Integrated to the vaporous layers of synthesizers and electronics we find flutes, gongs, Tibetan singing bowls, light percussion, and voices droning incantations. Oophoi's intention is clearly not to indulge in exotic flavors, although a sense of sacred Tibetan music is integrated to the work. The key word is dissolution: reference points, memories of daily life, recognizable rhythms and sounds all fade away in the course of the four pieces, replaced by ethereal synth washes. It is very well done, albeit a little on the long side. "Chikai Bardo: Dissolution" reaches an interesting point of balance between treated concrete sounds (a train or subway in particular, evoking movement, transition) and synthesis. The closer "Sipai Bardo: Crossing the Bridge of Existence - The Eternal Cycle" feels like a series of deep after-death breaths, all electronic except for vocal droning, but with a very organic touch. Recommended to the contemplative type.
Tracklist:
01.Samten Bardo (Contemplation) 16:15
02.Chikai Bardo (Dissolution) 11:37
03.Chonyi Bardo (A Path of the Lights) 28:52
04.Sipai Bardo (Crossing the Bridge of Existence the Eternal Cycle) 17:33