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Title: White Rain
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Artist: mysterium
Genre: Electronica: Ambient
Reviewed by: slammy on June 19, 2007 (All reviews by slammy)

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1Overall Description
It's been a while since I listened to any Mysterium tracks, I suppose the lack of TiS has had something to do with that! Anyway, this track is an atmospheric piece, with lots going on to satisfy people who crave odd noises, and ambient pads. There are some weird vocal chants of some sort, which add a cool darkness to the track. Darkness, I suppose that's a fair way to put a description to this... It's extremely dark and spooky!. There is a lot going too, like sounds that seem as though pipes are being tapped, swooshes, deep breathing sounding elements, it goes on and on!. Going on and on is somewhat of a common theme for the track, some of the sections went on for far too long in my opinion, left me wanting for change alot...That aside, for spooky atmospheric fans, this tune is actually a great listen.
 
2Creativity Description
Creativity is running amok through the entire piece, but more from the aspect of odd noises and atmosphere. Musically I didn't find it that enthralling at all, which the pads just gliding from one note, to another, and the notes are usually of two flavours. It's certainly very interesting though, being a sucker for odd noises, swooshes and the like, I was dumped into a spooky soundscape which as a whole piece, was neat!.
 
3Artistic License Description
As far as artistic license goes, it could be a lot worse!. The noises and samples used create a wonderful soundscape which make up the entire essence of the piece. There isn't anything that doesn't sound right.. I enjoyed the use of the 303 acid sounds, they worked really well for me, and enhanced that section just nicely!. The vocal chants added also made a great impact on the tune.
 
4Arrangement Description
Arrangement, there isn't really much to talk about, the song flows smoothly from start to finish, but I think this more due to the lack of variation. With no bridges or choruses so to speak, it makes it difficult to judge a tune on whether it's well arranged, from that point of view. As far as flow goes though, it's fluid enough, although as mentioned earlier, the sections I think should have been shorter, leaving the overall piece shorter. Volumes of samples seem just right though, and there is certainly a nice stereo balance giving a nice tecture to the overall piece. Good job!
 
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