WINTENAGEMOT — Experiment Expulsion

WINTENAGEMOT

Experiment Expulsion (2003)

Label: Bloodhead Production
★★½ 5/10
By Nebel

Track Listing

  1. Another Morning (drum & bass mix)
  2. Experiment Expulsion (original remix)
  3. Sequel
  4. Phantasmagoria
  5. Extemporaneous Zodiac

Without further delay, and without distracting you with lengthy prologues that often carry no useful information whatsoever, let's get straight to the point: WINTENAGEMOT — to call them extraordinary would be disingenuous, to call them classical would be unfair, but nevertheless this is an ambient project in all its glory and grandeur, with all its strengths and weaknesses.

As for "Experiment Expulsion" — this is an entirely electronic work, in the sense that the presence of live instruments is undetectable. This fact doesn't place the group above or below anyone, but objectively it does bring a certain monotony to the sound, even despite the use of quite a large number of different techniques and samples. The work is emotionally unidirectional — there are no fluctuations, not even a hint of a transition from a trance state to something more grandiose, and this sometimes produces a strange hypnotic effect. This album is characterized by the use of certain specific electronic insertions, which at times make the music reminiscent of club tracks.