A foghorn-like synth with quite a bit of reverb plays while water-like static fades in, and then over this a brass-like short synth starts playing arpeggios in a chord progression, then stops, and quickly a pad takes over most of the mix. Then, the track ends.
“My Old Guitar” starts with a fade-in of loud, distorted synthesizer playing in angular melodies, and soon a tom-tom is beaten to the melody. The distorted synth fades out quickly and a higher-pitched pad with many bells playing starts. It is soon joined by a short synth that plays a melody a few times, and then fades out quickly. Then, a bass drum is hit in a straight rhythm, and synth strings play along to it. The toms drop out after a bit, and the synth strings continue to play for a while, all instruments dropping out except them, including, eventually, the bass drum. Then, the synth strings fade out.
In “Love Her”, two harmonically rich synth pads play in counterpoint, developing their melodies into an evocative atmosphere. The synths continue to develop until they become a wash of melody and harmony, and this wash continues to play a bit until the track ends.
“I Fell Into A Dream” has what sounds like a simple melody in a pentatonic scale. What sounds like a synth guitar plays along and then the simple pentatonic melody drops out, and reverb-laden synth strings come in to play along to the synth guitar. Occasionally, the melody of the synth strings drops out, only to return shortly later. Its melody has a haunting (but not surreal) character. Eventually, all sound drops out except for the synth strings.
“She Is The Melody Man” begins with a quick arpeggio on a synth string on top of the crash of a cymbal. Then, what sounds like a bass drum is beaten in an insistent rhythm. Short synths with the character of pulse waves play a repeating call-and-response melody, and the quick arpeggio and crash happens once more. A filter-swept synth string plays, and as this is happening the crash happens a few more times. An off-kilter melody is played on something metallic repeatedly. Then, all drops out except for the synth string, and the track ends.
Slightly-altered piano begins playing in “I Fell Into Another Dream”, quickly joined by altered synth strings. The piano develops a little and then stops. The strings have a metallic and percussive character to them, become louder, and are soon joined by a twelve-string acoustic guitar which plays not-quite-sparsely but leaves gaps for the other instruments to breath. The guitar stops and the piano returns, playing a lot of high notes for a while, and then the guitar returns.
“Into The Emerald Eye” begins with a thundering, distorted synth, which soon plays in an imposing (though less booming) melody. Soon, synth strings join, as a low, rumbling synth becomes the remainder of the previous melody, which continues. The strings continue playing and then slowly fade out.
“Heavy Gaze” starts with an almost tribal-sounding rhythm with a field recording of some sort playing along for a bit. High-pitched synths play along, and a distorted synth comes in, and slowly starts to demand attention in the mix until the distortion is dropped and it plays along with the higher-pitched synths. Eventually, the rhythms stop, and soon the distorted synth comes in playing a wash which over-powers most things in the mix. Synth strings play along to this mix of instruments briefly, and the track ends.
The track “Mirror” begins with some barely-discernible, highly-altered synths with a clicky piece of percussion like a microphone tap being played in a simple rhythm. What sounds like a bassoon pitched-down plays for a bit, ending the track.
“Quiet” starts with what sounds like quite-altered, synthesized oboe played with a lot of reverb. A vocal synth plays a stab of sound, then comes in playing a cacophony of sound briefly. There is space between its playing. As it plays at higher pitches, it takes up more of the sound-stage. The cacophony becomes an actually obvious melody soon, then all instruments stop, ending the track and album.
(https://wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/album/the-art-of-whisper, £2.50 GBP for digital, £4.50 GBP for CD)
