1 Mad As The Mist And Snow #2 (12:59)
2 The Arrow (3:49)
3 The Magi (4:55)
4 I Made My Song (2:44)
5 To A Child Dancing In The Wind (4:18)
6 Mad Reprise (9:38)
Collaboration par voie de mail entre Martyn Bates (Eyeless In Gaza) et Troum, adaptation de poèmes de Yeats sur les drones de Troum....
'To A Child Dancing In The Wind' is a 38-minute release with 6 tracks. The lyrics of the songs are poems made by the ever-inspiring WB Yeats. The very first track is a staggering 13 minutes in length, just over one third of the whole release. It's a really calm song, with the music of Troum entertaining you just enough until Martyn's emotional voice sings the first poem of Yeats on this album. When the third paragraph of the poem is about to begin, the music as a whole becomes more intense, as if it's working towards a climax. Thing is, there are still 7 minutes left. This isn't 'solved' by repeating the whole poem again, but in the final minutes the music changes and Martyn plays the melodica (at least I think it is).
This is not your typical dark ambient, but much more a dark romantic kind of music at times. Sure, it's ambient, but it's more than just that. I say it again, I am not a big ambient fan, because I find it rather boring music. Mostly there are no vocals. But, every now and then there's this ambient work I do like. Like this one, mostly because Martyn's vocal works. In full contradiction though, the third song (The Magi) is completely instrumental, but still very good. Right after this, 'I Made My Song' is more or less a cappella, with just some minimal sound effects and loops.
If you like Martyn's voice, Troum's hypnotizing music or you're just a Yeats fan, you will certainly like this album. If you're like me, and not at all into (dark) ambient, but like some albums/artists here and there, you should check this out. If only more ambient music was as good as this, there would be more people liking this genre.
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