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This is Klimek's (Sebastian Meissner) second full-length release for the Anticipate label, the follow-up to 2007's Dedications. Movies Is Magic deals both directly and peripherally with ideas of film music: its purpose, its meaning, its uses. Though the music is furthered by the concepts underpinning it, it stands on its own two sonic feet with swathes and swells of cinematic, expansive melodies: from the bold to the understated, the shades of grey to the brightly direct, the string-laden to the piano-driven -- some with sprinkles of subtle percussion and others which run through the barest of themes in order to produce giant results. Movies Is Magic renders itself as a comment on the idea of cinema sound, which brings it into a present-day home-listening experience that is more concerned with conjuring new images than accompanying existing ones. Resonating in myriad directions, the traces of its musical, conceptual and visual inspirations remain, haunting the complete work. This confluence of cultural influences and sound productions is an indication of where Movies Is Magic takes both the listener and the artist behind the experience. Like an orchestra restructured in the digital domain, the remnants at the core of each piece lend themselves less to conservatory comparisons than filmic ones. Ambiences reside inside, but are never left untouched or undeveloped, subverting expectations and leaving trails of themselves long after each song ends. Large, picturesque settings produce emotionally-compelling mini-narratives, while warm, open progressions balance with the multi-layered shadows that are expected from a Klimek album. A careful percussive phrase, the occasional menacing horn, a tentatively sustained tone, or vocal murmurs arrange these pieces between intersecting musical camps, while rustling backgrounds creep up to remind one where they stand. The material is the product of a variety of allegiances and alliances: from soundtracks to the range of electro-acoustic and electronic sensibilities that produce such works as these, the multiples of moods and directions all further the frame of the project and the Klimek sound. The CD comes packaged with a 14"x9" fold-out poster with an alternate cover photo image -- revealing another layer of the release -- and an essay detailing the full scope of Movies Is Magic.
Track Listing:
Disc 1
01. Abyss of Anxiety (Unfolding the Magic) 05:19
02. Exposed to Life In It's Brutal Meaninglessness 05:36
03. Exploding Unbearable Desires 04:56
04. Pathetic and Dangerous 05:02
05. Greed, Mutation, Betrayal 04:29
06. A Lament 05:12
07. True Enemies and False Friends 03:26
08. Sound of Confusion 05:24
09. For Whom the Bells Toll 05:04
10. Tears of Happiness (Dismissed Into Mundanity) 05:14
- This is Klimek's (Sebastian Meissner) second full-length release for the Anticipate label.
- Sebastian Meissner of Frankfurt/Main is a conceptual media artist, composer, sound designer and photographer. His many aliases include Bizz Circuits, Ghetto Ambient, Random Industries and Random_Inc.
- Klimek has been releasing acclaimed albums on respected labels for a number of years and is a regular contributor to Kompakt's Pop Ambient series.
- CD comes with a large (14"x9") fold-out poster and an essay.
- "So called 'ambient albums' rarely reach the grandeur or expertise of Meissner's expansive productions, and it seems fitting that Anticipate should welcome him to the fold with one of the loveliest albums of the year." --Boomkat
- "Dedications is as lush, engrossing and ultimately rewarding a record as you're likely to come across ... an album that reveals its beauty gradually, layer by layer, with each spin of the disc." --Resident Advisor
- "Musically, Dedications is similarly oblique and surreptitious -- clusters of electric guitar or crisp piano shiver together in gaseous spaces before being slowly drawn out into a quiveringly resilient spider's web of sound." --The Wire
