专辑简介

Artemiy Artemiev专辑介绍：by François Couture

Artemiy Artemiev is a musician from Russia whose albums usually cross boundaries between new age music, electronics, and electro-acoustics. For Space Icon he teamed up with German painter/musician Peter Frohmader to record a CD strongly rooted in space rock territory. The album is made up of layers of keyboards over which Frohmader pins his guitar solos and eery soundscapes, along with an occasional groove. This release represents the most accessible work from both artists. Artemiev's electronics are clearly more beat and song oriented here. On the other end, Frohmader's contribution is a lot less gloomy here than on another collaborative work released at the same time, Fossil Culture with Richard Pinhas (on Cuneiform Records). The same remark goes for Artemiev. When considering the two co-written efforts he released simultaneously, one finds in Space Icon his serene side, while Dreams in Moving Space (recorded with Phillip B. Klingler) showcases his darker tendencies. Even the track titles are eloquent: Dreams in Moving Space's "Lost Souls in Bamboo Jungle" and "Murmurs Across the Surface," Space Icon answers with "Channeling," and "Zen Garden."