MNORTHAM - **A GREAT AND RIVERLESS OCEAN** [MYSTERY SEA, BELGIUM, 2003]

AMBIENTRANCE

by David J. Opdyke

With his kelp horn, 20 string zyther and 'walfisch' computer, mnortham pours forth a sea of ambiguously droning harmonics in one single track (53:58). Faint, keening streams seep in from far away, simply hovering in vast mistiness as far as the ear can hear...coarser, though not really scathing, textures begin to boil into the mix as gleaming metal vapors churn.

At 25:30, the rising tide stutters and fades back... but resolutely continues its everflowing energies.

In the disc's final minutes, viscous tones elongate over the currents, blurring into their everyway motions, fading to a sunset-state of beauty.

If you're looking for a distinctly indistinct ambient expanse where your ears may travel freely, set them afloat on a great and riverless ocean ... but hurry, this is a limited edition (100) cd-r from Belgium's Mystery Sea. [SOLD OUT]

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