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Silent Auction - H On Earth


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In a song Beautiful Mess Silent auction have confirmed their good musical form. It’s been recorded very much in tune. You can clearly hear all the particular sounds of electronic music. Just as all the (underground) music, which they represent, combined with the mainstream style delivers well the lyrical sounds. The lyric verse of this piece is marked in a very specific way in the merging tones resembling a true rapidly flowing brook. The band sing in a delicate way, there are no sudden transitions between the parts of music being played. Beautiful Mess is composed in an interesting way where between a single melody we have a cloudlet of sounds which bring much nostalgic dreams of The Beautiful Mass. It seems to be a promise of the state of tranquility. Detour is rather a fast flowing track, full of suspense and anxiety. You can hear the synthesizers well and intensity of sounds changing all the time. The pieces evolves up to the moment of strong accents just to quickly return to the quieter tones after that. It is a very dynamic track full of expression, perfectly performed. In Reveire we can hear powerful sounds and violent transitions. You’ll be struck by a noticeable music echoing from the background with sound which are bursting with fluctuation and huge dynamics. You can clearly hear the words in English: "I want you". Good Girl is a track with some rumbling beats, a little bit like horse’s galloping. All song is interlaced with a rhythmically reoccurring phrase: " I am girl.."," I like to sing". The music is a bit delirious and warning. However, it fits the discos pretty well. In Restless you can clearly hear synthesizers and drums. It’s a song about life and there’s a phrase used in the lyrics: " My life". Here you can listen to the bass and heavy sounds. It’s neither melancholy nor optimistic. It’s been written in solemn mood with strong musical accents. In Fast lane there’s a lot of lively sounds, full of expression, rhythmic. In the beginning there’s an echo appearing. This track’s sounds resemble sawing. The whole soundtrack is variable, turbulent, full of surprising moments. In a song called Rhythm we can clearly hear the synths and, for a moment, the drum parts. This music makes me think of a science fiction soundtrack at times, as if one could hear the cosmic space itself and some fourth dimension. The lively parts sound like music coming from the bush. The diversity in choice of rhythm and style draws the listener’s attention here. The song seems to be composed on the basis of several kinds of music. Heart attack starts with a slow intro and then the music speeds up rapidly, with stronger beats, you can some kind of tragedy, sorrow and much electronic grudge. In What Remains we can clearly hear that the song lyrics refer to something that has been said before. Somebody is crying, thus maybe what has been said ought to be analysed. The sounds are played strongly, we can clearly hear the background sounds, the music is fast and dynamic. On the other hand, they speak about some things that should be forgotten about. Blue face is a vivid song, fast, not too loud, we can say that the music underlines the lyrics that are sung all the time. There’s an impression that with stronger beats they get hammered into the mind, so that we must remeber "can`t you see". Don’t you understand?. Anything can happen. In Freedom and fance we can hear an echoing choir from the distance in the beginning and during the track. There’s also some slight surround here. The words are clear, "I Just want to be"- I want to exist. One gets the impression that, at some moments, the song gets intertwined with maelstrom. The singer sings about she’s experienced. She needs a chance to show off, to bring herself into prominence. Sadness is a lyrical composition, it starts with a quiet music chords and then the electronic sound appears. And the rhythmic synth tones add on. There are both high and low sounds In it. But still the bass line and strong musical accents dominate. The music gets a little bit depressing. The end of the song is danceable, lively and more optimistic. In Mind in a Box of Rew the music resembles galloping, fast running. It moves forward rapidly. Some very high sound comes upon the main notes. The lyrics tell us about someone being left behind, but on the other hand there’s an offer "you can take me". In the whole piece we can hear some hum, sometimes rumbling, and all this dished up with electronic sound from the synthesizer on the surface. The music gets faster in Cosmiciti remix of Heart, the female voice slightly break down, she admits that she’s madly in love, she wants the lover to follow her. Sometimes the music rumbles, combined with the electric sound.

To sum up I’d like to say that it’s quite a nice album and it’s worth to listen to each of the records as they make a complete wholeness. This integrity is made of many tracks, from which you can draw up various moods and feels in effect. When you compare these feelings with your own ones, then you can easily make the diagnosis of what’s in the heart of hearts.

Tracklist:


01. Beautiful Mess
02. Reverie
03. Detour
04. Good Girl
05. Restless
06. Fast Lane
07. Rhythm
08. Heart Attack
09. What Remains
10. Blue Face
11. Freedom and Chance
12. NB Sadness
13. Reverie (mind.in.a.box remix)
Heart Attack (Cosmicity remix)
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Translator: Ankara
Add date: 2011-11-28 / Music reviews




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