In
trying to describe "Clandestiny" words that come to
mind are "haunting", "chilling", "thought-provoking"
and "intense". I guess you would consider this acoustic.
There are no drums on the entire album, but instead an amazing
blend of keyboards, voices and vocals, sound effects and other
elements. It's almost like a soundtrack to a Horror film in
some ways, tracks like "Beginning To See" will disturb
you to the bone marrow with it's computerized voice talking
about death.
At
other times, you can't help but think of Pink Floyd, there are
lots of those type of trippy elements in the music. I don't
want to promote the use of any mind-enhancing drugs, but let's
just say this CD would be perfect IF one chose to partake in
such behavior.
Clandestiny
is basically Matt Duplessie, he does everything on the CD, which
makes the songs even more amazing. He has an amazing voice and
an equally amazing talent for song construction. The gothic
overtones of the music would fit well into the European Metal
scene now with bands like Nightwish and that crowd. If you got
Duplessie in a band God knows what sort of magic could be constructed.
If
asked to put this music in a genre, I suppose Acoustic Alternative
would fit, but it's not a perfect description either. It's really
indescribable and an amazing piece of work. The production is
also superb, when you listen to this with headphones you really
pick up on a lot of different things. This is great chilling
out music despite it's intense nature, it really brings you
to another place, both relaxing and even a little scary.
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