Arvio

Megatone's extremely fascinating online-ep is filled with non-rhythmic ambient made out of sound pieces, with next to no noticeable structure. Throughout the record, emphasis is clearly on echoing space and producing a sensation of otherness, not on "composition" in the traditional sense, even though there is a feel of everything being definitely pre-planned and thought out. There's a layer of sound, upon which take place beeps and waves executed with a wonderful production quality. Take the sound-world of "traditional", non-dark ambient, the clinical feel of laptop music and the unexpectedness of smart noise, and you get something like this. Especially with headphones, this ep is a very powerful experience, despite definitely being something one does not want to play repeatedly at home. Sometimes it travels to very annoying directions, yet that too works as a part of the whole - though not necessarily as individual tracks. I must note, though, that at least to me Eden completely failed to convey its supposed theme of paradises from different cultures, because it moves in similar tones throughout the way.

This is very fine material that constantly feels as if it were building up to something massive while actually never doing so.

Jiituomas

Megatone - Eden

Megatonen erittäin kiehtova tiedosto-ep on äänipalasista koostuvaa rytmitöntä ambientia, jossa on hyvin vähän havaittavia rakenteita. Koko materiaalin paino on selvästi kaikuisassa tilassa ja toiseuden kokemuksen tuottamisessa, ei perinteisessä mielessä "sävellyksessä", vaikka kaikki onkin jotenkin harkitun oloista. Mattoa ja maton päällä piippauksia ja aaltoja upealla tuotantojäljellä. Otetan "perinteisen" ei-synkän ambientin äänimaailma, läppäreiden kliinisyys ja fiksun noisen odottamattomuus, niin saadaan jotakin tällaista.	Artisti: Megatone Formaatti: MP3 Levy-yhtiö: Protoplazma Julkaisuvuosi: 2006 Kokonaiskesto: 23:18 Kappaleita: 7
Varsinkin kuulokkeiden kanssa koko paketti on huumaava kokemus, vaikka ei todellakan ole mitään sellaista mitä tulisi soitettua jatkuvasti kotona. Välillä käydään todella rasittavilla alueilla, mutta osana kokonaisuutta sekin toimii - irrallisina raitoina välttämättä ei. On kuitenkin pakko todeta, että ainakaan minulle levyn teemana olevat eri kulttuurien paratiisit eivät kyllä välittyneet, sen verran samankaltaisissa maisemissa liikutaan kautta linjan. Erittäin hienoa tavaraa, joka tuntuu rakentuvan koko ajan kohti jotakin suurta, vaikka ei tee niin. Jiituomas

Takaisin - Kokoelmat - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Demot

Megatone's extremely fascinating online-ep is filled with non-rhythmic ambient made out of sound pieces, with next to no noticeable structure. Throughout the record, emphasis is clearly on echoing space and producing a sensation of otherness, not on "composition" in the traditional sense, even though there is a feel of everything being definitely pre-planned and thought out. There's a layer of sound, upon which take place beeps and waves executed with a wonderful production quality. Take the sound-world of "traditional", non-dark ambient, the clinical feel of laptop music and the unexpectedness of smart noise, and you get something like this. Especially with headphones, this ep is a very powerful experience, despite definitely being something one does not want to play repeatedly at home. Sometimes it travels to very annoying directions, yet that too works as a part of the whole - though not necessarily as individual tracks. I must note, though, that at least to me Eden completely failed to convey its supposed theme of paradises from different cultures, because it moves in similar tones throughout the way. This is very fine material that constantly feels as if it were building up to something massive while actually never doing so. Jiituomas