OZMA: A Huge And Silent Place

Ozma

A Huge And Silent Place

© 2000 Ozma (634479117442)

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Ozma's electronics explore the darkest and coldest of dark ambient soundscapes--not the sound of being IN space, but of actually BEING space. Music for dark nights full of stars.

tracks

1 Actualia 1
2 Lalande 21185
3 Actualia 0
4 61 Cygni
5 Actualia 2
6 Circumstellar
7 Actualia 4
8 B Hydri
9 Actualia 3
10 Transatmospheric

notes

Ozma was the brainchild of electronic artists Mike Metlay and DAC Crowell, recorded in two frantic weeks at the Towers Of Duh in Tallahassee, Florida, one steamy autumn in 1995. Delayed by label and production hassles, the long-awaited disc has finally been released to an eager public on Metlay's own Atomic City imprint.

The tracks on A HUGE AND SILENT PLACE were improvised live on analog and digital electronics and recorded live to 2-track. Overdubs were kept to a mininum, and there are no edits. The ten tracks--five long sequences often named for small and nearly-unknown stars near our own solar system, and five transitional pieces called "actualia"--have been sequenced and crossfaded to provide an encompassing hour-long audio excursion into the cold of deep space, populated by the dim red stars and passing clouds of dark matter that surround our world.

We recommend listening to this CD as an immersive experience, in a darkened room or under a starry sky while wearing headphones. The album rewards repeated listenings, works well looped in the background as the listener sleeps and dreams, and should not be absorbed hastily or in a haphazard fashion.

We have mostly chosen the Actualia to represent Ozma's music here, despite the fact that they make up less than a fifth of the record's running time, due to the time constraints of the playable samples.

A HUGE AND SILENT PLACE is the latest release in the Atomic City roster, and a powerful and involving listening experience that fans of ambient electronic soundscapes will not want to miss. This is not "space music" in the sense of being IN space... this is "space music" in the sense of BEING Space itself.

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  • Ozma...wonderful
    author: Candace Stracener

    sorry, I just realized the cd I was going to write about was spending time on the borderline...it's wonderful...guess I need to get this one too

  • Unique and VERY relaxing.
    author: Marsh Schneidau

    I am relatively new to the ambient music scene, and upon hearing this work, I am very pleased with the genre so far. Very relaxing, has a rather surreal quality to it, that puts the listener in a very relaxed state of mind. Highly recommended!

  • Great night music
    author: Otso Pakarinen / Ozone Player

    This is an album that I frequently put in the CD player before going to sleep. Not that is so boring as to put you in sleep - on the contrary. It's an album that makes your mind wander in idle thoughts, guiding you to the dreamworld. It's deep . It's vast. Like a forgotten message from the distant past. Definitely one of the best ambient albums I have ever heard.

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