CATHEDRAL OCEANS III
Rare time out this evening in my old Church. I am SO privileged to have the luxury of this facility, and John's finest work through the full PA/mixing desk/amp set up.
All by myself. Sublime. and LOUD.
I don't think I've really appreciated the subtleties of this album properly before, or the soundtrack qualities of Fog Structures and Eternity Sunrise - particularly that buzzing, zeppelin-engine thrum that runs throughout the former giving you a real sense of movement. Sounds almost like it comes from a Tiny Colour Movie... Evocative music, enhanced by the erratic 'spaces' as if someone's hand is passing over the speakers. I was struck too by the complexity of City of Endless Stairways but also (surprisingly) by the apparent 'under-production' of Harmonia Mundi which sounds surprisingly flat played on a big system, but was previously my favourite.
This now has to be Metanym which has a beautiful sense of closure and completeness. There's a clue in the title...
It strikes me every time I play this album that the last track would make an absolutely perfect precursor to Film One, bringing the circle just.
Super stuff. Sorry to ramble.... :rolleyes:
