 Renato
Rinaldi
"The Time and The Room" CDR
Public
Eyesore
Genres: experimental
Bryan Day
2464 Harney St. Apt. #15
Omaha, NE 68131
Feb 28 - Mar 6 2005 |
A strange little record, this. Rinaldi works with ambient
textures but, where most experimental performers opt for
inaccessibility, he seems perfectly willing to inject tunefulness into
his works. There is a considerable amount of guitar plucking on
this record, and the music is very overtly atmospheric. There is
a sense of darkness and loneliness that pervades much of The Time
and the Room (including its cover art); indeed, these dense sound
sculptures are practically a lesson in mood. Due to this release's relative accessibility, it should appeal to
open-minded fans who aren't necessarily acclimated to experimental
music. "Girls (The Room)," for example, is a
mesmerizing piece of ambient sound art that uses a semi-melodic guitar
line to add a little convention to the piece. "The
Column" is a bit more abstract, relying on some relaxing
saxophone drones and a background of unsettling electronic tones,
while "Funeral" is sparser and even more peaceful.
Finally, "Out of the Room" concludes the record in a damp,
funereal vein - burying the listener in deep synths and dreary guitar
strokes. Overall, this is an emotional, experimental album whose
atmospheric accessibility will aid it in appealing to a larger
audience.
86%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
4 tracks, distributed by the
label, released 2004] |
