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The Art of Dying Alone

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Major disappointment

Based on the reviews and ratings, I decided to purchase this music. I have many hours of ambient and electronic music and the sound samples were intriguing. I was expecting a somber yet uplifting experience, a comfortable depression considering the album's theme. But in its 78 minutes, this music goes nowhere. The samples are all you need because the music will not vary from them except in either obvious or barely perceptible ways. There really is no music here, just washes of sound that go on for far too long. I'm disappointed because typically I go for long and/or repetitive music and I'm usually pulled into the subtle changes I detect. But this music is...boring! It all sounds the same as if each song is at exactly the same volume. It gets grating because you want something discernible to latch onto while listening, some variation, a quiet place in between loud sounds or a journey up a scale of notes. Having hours of Philip Glass repetitiveness and Brian Eno ambience, my initial excursion into Bvdub was disappointing. I don't want to die alone just yet, he he, but I would enjoy getting my money back.

Please dont stop!!

LOOK, I had a dream, nay a vision wherein Elizebeth Frazier of the Cocteau Twins Had died and ascended into Paridise. Some years later I, too, was called Home. When I arrived in Heaven I saw Elizabeth, and spoke to her saying "What music have you made? And now that fallen-flesh no longer restrains your voice what songs have you sung"? She opened her mouth and to my amazemet something like an orchestra filled the air. "Oh"! I cried, as water filled my eyes to the overflow. Now, if you doubt me...just download track 5 and see for yourself! Some of the best atmospheric/vocal/ambient/ nearly religious music I have ever herd.

Headphone Commute Review

Here's a true story. One morning I woke up between the two worlds - the one created by my mind, and the one perceived by it. With the remaining bits of dreams still lingering in my peripheral consciousness, I set off to the start of a new day. But the dreams kept coming back. In particular, an image of a needle playing on a dusty record, evoking two words spoken by that 60s radio jockey, repeated over and over in one continuous loop. The same two words appeared on the DJ's t-shirt - one on the front, the other on the back. Those two words were "dying" and "alone". That dream stayed with me for weeks, sending chills down my spine upon every recollection. Unable to interpret its meaning, I shelved it for another time. A month later, I have discovered bvdub's latest album. Have I seen this title somewhere else before? Perhaps. That doesn't change a thing... There's something about Brock Van Wey's music that makes me connect to nature, to consciousness, to being, through sound alone... Brock serves the highest sermon to all the listening gods in my church of music. The repetitive passages of sound create a blissful mantra, imploring you to erase all thought, forget about the past or future, and just stay in the present. The titles of the tracks, give me even more reason to believe that Brock's message is indeed reflective on the nature of our short stay in this world: "Descent to the End", "To Finally Forget It All", and "No One Will Ever Find You Here". The release includes the following message: "We all die alone, but some make it their last work of art." Released on an Italian ambient label, Glacial Movements Records, the album was written and produced by Brock in Shaoxing, China, where he currently resides. On his last album, White Clouds Drift On And On (echospace [detroit], 2009) released under his real name, Brock Van Wey paired with Stephen Hitchell to release a double disk full of deepest dub and emotionally absorbing music. On The Art Of Dying Alone, Brock returns with ethereal atmospheric pads, seamless loops over frequency saturated sonic soundscapes, with distant and delicate voices, gentle piano, and acoustic guitar. At the center of the album is a theme of contemplation on life, isolation, detachment, and inevitably, death. Be sure to pick up bvdub's We Were The Sun releases on his own, Quietus Recordings. I also recommend you grab the single track release, To Live, released by Smallfish in 2009. Additionally, I am looking forward to bvdub's upcoming release on Home Normal, titled Tribes at the Temple of Silence, scheduled to hit the streets in January 2011. The album features a track titled "These Walls Will Always Remember (for Dani)", which I'm sure is dedicated in memory of Danielle Baquet-Long (Celer / Chubby Wolf), who passed away in the summer of 2009 at the young age of 26. With all of this reflection on death, I must end this review, and set about my day, attempting to accomplish even the smallest tasks with full devotion, hoping that my presence would leave a tiny trace of my existence behind, when I'm ready to go...

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