Consciousness

Consciousness Artist: Windy & Carl
Label: Kranky
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 796441804528
EAN: 0796441804528
ASIN: B000058DX8


Release Date: 2001-03-19

Consciousness


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Tracks:

  1. The Sun
  2. Balance (Trembling)
  3. Elevation
  4. The Llama's Dream
  5. Consciousness
  6. Resolution

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars the art of the drone .......2006-10-24

Windy and Carl are a duo that have been doing their take on drone music since 1993 or so. Consciousness is by far their most unique and exceptional release. It starts out with "the sun," simple double noted guitar riffs repeated on the upper octaves of the guitar, done as if a kind of mantra. The sound of this track is shimmery and inviting. Shortly afterward the listener is plunged into the subliminal depths of the next two tracks. They are darker and intense sounding, highly atmospheric, in stark contrast to the opening track. "the llama's dream" serves as a gateway to the title track "consciousness," a masterpiece of layered bliss (with the hushed vocals of Windy serving as a bed of comfort). Finally we are brought back down home with the ending track, "resolution."
All in all this is one of my favorite albums in the genres of ambient and drone, and I have heard quite a few. All of the different sounds are put together on this album in a way that makes it very cohesive, in a way that is hard to explain. What I also love is that the duo find ways to use the guitar as a textural instrument in a unique fashion, using layering, little distortion, and multiple effects. The result makes this album a great night time listen. Recommended highly if you love introspective music.

5 out of 5 stars Feel content........2005-08-26

Post-rock is a genre ridden with depressing, cold sound scapes (Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Sigur Ros) that although beautiful, are not for everyone. After purchasing "Lift Your Skinny Fists..." by GYBE!, I was looking up some new post-rock bands when I stumbled upon Windy and Carl.

The website I was on had some free downloads by many indie/obscure artists including the song "conciousness" off this album. The idea of the song seems almost boring: the same chord for 12 and a half minutes with only slight variations to the drone and some weird helicopter noise. I kept the song on my computer but didnt listen to it again until one day it came up on shuffle. I gave it a chance and found that it was one of the most simple yet most beautiful songs I had ever heard. I bought the album and realized that the song i knew was only the tip of the iceberg. The album as a whole completely blew my mind. It is the kind of beauty that you find when you look really closely at a simple everyday thing that you normally blow off or take for granted. One could say this music was boring and that it doesnt do anything interesting, but that would be just looking at the surface. You have to give it a chance, listen to what it truely is and emmerse yourself in the music, and then you find its amazing, simple beauty.

The difference between this and most other post-rock is that it makes you feel at ease and content with the world around you. I highly reccomend it to post-rock fans and anyone looking for a relaxing listen who's willing to try something new. Perfect for meditation, sleeping, and watching clouds.

5 out of 5 stars

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