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Lingua Fungi - Flowery Dreams


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Listening to Mr. Padatsu’s first longplay you may get the impression that his later split with Shrine was only the matter of getting known each other and discussing the details of cooperation. I’m talking about this because in some places the music from "Flowery Dreams" delusively resembles the one of Hristo Gospodinov. It’s not an accusation at all since Padastu does not copy blindly his colleague, he only uses similar elements, in this case organic ambient.

Similarly to other records under the name of Lingua Fungi, compositions are created on the basis of already mentioned organic ambient (whatever it means) or a little bit "darkened" ambient, not to say gloomy, and this is the latter which is dominating in the second part of the album. Clearly, it fulfils its function quite well, though I must say that I was lost sometimes.

I suppose that Padatsu wouldn’t be himself if he didn’t add to his music some elements which in my opinion are decisive when it comes to his creative powers, namely folk/tribal ones. These are the elements which are the motive powers of the album and they make me listen to it over and over again. Since it is typical for ambient music to be like a ghost ship floating in the sea and disappearing in the mist before we realize what has happened, it is good if there are such moments on the album when you can say "Oh! This is this great moment!" "Flowery Dreams" is exactly like that. It’s a pity there aren’t more such moments on the album since for sure they would be good for the music.

A small minus for the cover as well, which, despite being quite interesting, does not suit the atmosphere of the album at all.

Tracklist:

01. For You, Little Seed
02. Branches
03. Nightly Gardens
04. Her Leaves In Gold And Silver
05. Vision Quest
06. Lucid Dreams
07. Bloom
08. Hope You Won't Wither


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Add date: 2011-10-23 / Music reviews


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