DELERIUM 
660428
CD
ARCHIVES-VOLUME 1

CLASSIC (AMBIENT)

For those people who are not familiar with the works of this duo, these two CD’s practically represent a complete collection in their own right with two immensely long double album sets that showcase every facet of their music to perfection, with, amazingly, not a less than excellent track across the length of all four discs. ‘Volume 1’ focuses on the early years of the group with dark ambience, drum, sample-driven electronic music with a distinctly Teutonic flavour. There is plenty of space and cosmic elements and a full sound throughout all 21 tracks, and each one exudes an atmosphere that just has you completely mesmerised from start to finish. This set features a selection of instrumental tracks that last for anything between just over four minutes and almost nine. They are taken from the first four Delerium albums, and anyone into anything from classic to dark ambience, through to the deep realms of cosmic space music and seventies-influenced electronic music would be doing themselves a big favour if they investigate the early era of this amazing band. Their music sounds as timeless now as they did when they were created.

‘Volume 2’ is also a double disc, this time featuring 15 lengthy tracks that have an average playing time of seven minutes, and they are also all completely instrumental works. This one tends to concentrate on their pre-trance/heavenly vocals period, with selections drawn mainly from three albums, two of which reveal a distinctly ‘Berlin School’ approach to their own brand of ambient heaven, with sequencers and rhythms joining the flying soundscapes and soaring layers & textures. All these tracks predate the duo’s mighty Synaesthesia alter-ego band project, a band that now have one of CD Services all-time best selling albums in the epic double CD ‘Desideraturn’. All in all, this is one fantastic electronic music album in its own right, and whether you stop here or go on to investigate the originals, doesn’t matter – this set on it it’s own will give you around 110 minutes of pure listening pleasure - Simply great ambient music.

Weight: 150.00 g