quantum
~Rath's post - Teutonic babysteps might just lead somewhere with some versitility and a wider grasp of the wonders technology can offer the curious and the able. Quantum fits snugly in with more of the contemporary instrumental music being made by countless bands and musicians from all over the world, and though lacking any kind of singular style, it nevertheless is an enervating, and temporary enough diversion from the mundane waffle of post - Eno 'new age.' If anything, Rath is savvy enough to pay hommage to the elemental beginnings of the electronic music age with "Tribute to Bernard Herrmann," and whether of not he utilizes a genuine Theremin or any 'primitive' means to emulate those almost - forgotten sounds, the piece succeeds beautifully and is quite impressive. Elsewhere, Rath covers everything from Schulzian percussive motifs through transient solar tours to contemplative etherealisms with a fair amount of relish and ingenuity. Quantum'splayful sense of wonder is entertaining enough to draw in even the most cursory electronic music fan. And in these desensitized, tone - deaf times when anyone with a credit card and five fingers can sashe with a synthesizer, that is no faint praise.
Darren Bergstein -- I/E Winter 1992 |