I’m guessing that traversing the dimly lit, mostly deserted streets of large city at night recording the sounds of the urban environment must be a highly emotive experience - an exhilarating blend of fear and excitement and, evidently, a deeply rewarding aural undertaking. Steeped in symbolism, All For The Terror That Sings Sweetly To You In The Night might just be Christopher's most emblematic release to date. It's an abbreviated sonic allegory in three parts that over the course of about twenty-minutes taps into our most primal emotions and fears.
Comparing these new compositions (along with his most recent offerings) with his earlier releases [A Starved-Strafe Lancing Machine (Conv, 2005) or A Little Rouge (Laboratoire Moderne, 2006)] reveals a clear trend towards creating compositions that are more orchestrated, more thematic, and more personal. In addition, while he still uses everyday urban-based source sounds the foundation of his compositions, he has expanded his sonic palette to incorporate some more atypical urban sounds. In this case, those unusual sounds are derived from a flock of black birds that have adapted themselves to city life. It makes one wonder if the bird talk of these urban dwellers is the same as that of their rural cousins. . Pay careful attention to the second track Cunning as Christopher cleverly manages to coax the eerie aural ambiance of a tropical rainforest out of the noises of the urban soundscape.
If you’ve never heard Christopher’s work before or if you’ve never given his previous works a truly attentive listen possibly because of the abstractness or due to the lengthiness, I‘d recommend All For The Terror That Sings Sweetly To You In The Night as a place to begin. It’s brief, it’s focused, and it’s absorbing. 1000füssler recognized the artistic skill and emotiveness that went into these compositions, and you will too.
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