{"id":9656,"date":"2017-03-28T11:33:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T10:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=9656"},"modified":"2017-03-28T11:33:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T10:33:48","slug":"digital-junkies-in-strange-times-reviewed-by-data-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=9656","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Digital Junkies in Strange Times\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reviewed by Data.-Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe brand-new Ran Slavin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s album, which was just released on the label Cr\u00c3\u00b3nica, sounded incredibly awesome in my media player. I’ve always been interested in his music, but I was surprised to discover that Digital Junkies in Strange Times was even more intriguing than his previous work. Not long ago, Data.Wave hosted an interview with Ran Slavin that really highlighted aspects of his talent as a video-audio designer, but a lot was left out. Listening to Digital Junkies in Strange Times convinced me one again, that there are no limits to a real artist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s creativity.<\/p>\n

The art of a real musician always surpasses all standards and clich\u00c3\u00a9s, and this album is a confirmation of this truth. Ran Slavin never repeats himself; his every release is unlike the previous ones; he develops and implements new paths for his sound. The digital LP Digital Junkies in Strange Times begins with quite a dynamic track Turbulent Sphere, where a stream of clicks speeds up and gradually merges into an R’n’B vocal that sounds like a complete fullout. At the same time you can hear space-like sounds, appearing and disappearing noises, hits. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say for sure, but maybe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s someone repairing a space zen-station, floating on the orbit\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never heard anything like this and I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t compare Digital Junkies in Strange Times to anything else, but I would dare to guess that a live show with a set like this would knock people over and turn their minds upside down.
\nRan Slavin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s method of shaping the sound is very subtle, it walks the thin line of the limits of our perception, but his music doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite cross this border.<\/p>\n

The second track, Acousmatis, and its guitar sounds really invoked memories of the Moebius comic books, like a time-out from the inside of an illusive digital city. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sad that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s such a short track, because I would gladly listen
\nto more of this. The thing that begins from the third track, Teen Haze, really switches the mood and gets us ready for the very impactful fourth track Moonlight Compilations, that is actually a bit more than just a track; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a recorded live improvisation on the radio Halas, the overall duration of which is 41:34.<\/p>\n

Moonlight Compilations is a volatile mix, an incredible clash of genres that transports us to another dimension.
\nIt has an incredible amount of various instruments, futuristic structures, field recordings, creating a real digital Metropolis, our natural habitat. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s difficult to describe all this just with text, because this intellectual experiment invokes very strong interior emotions and feelings. Anyone can listen to this release now as the album Digital Junkies in Strange Times is available for free download, so why not get it while you still can! <\/p>\n

via Data.Wave<\/a><\/p>\n