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Yeti Rain- Discarnate
(Unicorn Digital UNCR-5037, 2006, CD)


It doesn’t take more than one look at the booklet cover and about 15 seconds of the first piece to know this isn’t like anything else that Unicorn has put out before; nor is it like any of the familiar settings that we’ve seen bassist William Kopecky playing in over the years.  This is dark, dark, and dark.  And did I mention dark?  The seven tracks are improvised ambient explorations into haunting worlds of mysterious sounds.  Moody and deliberately sinister, the travels of Kopecky (six string fretless bass) and Roger Ebner (wind synthesizer and wind drum) go through some bleak and frightening terrain on the road to these inner worlds, like the soundtrack for your worst recurring nightmare.  You know this place, it’s oddly familiar, and you know something terrible is about to happen, but your scream will bear no sound.  Approach each vista in this corridor of blackness with guarded caution, for something monstrous could jump out of some hidden corner when you least expect it.  Think of the soundtrack to Eraserhead.  The collected sounds that the two players make bear little resemblance to the typical music of the instruments they are playing, yet they are recognizable as such and the output is only mildly processed.  I’m certain that the duo can (and probably does) perform this material in a live setting.  Beautiful, but not for the faint hearted.

Peter Thelen





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http://aural-innovations.com/issues/issue37/yetirain.htm


Yeti Rain- Discarnate
(Unicorn Digital UNCR-5037)


From Aural Innovations #37 (Sep 2007)

Yeti rain’s Discarnate is a virtual clinic on how to create music that is simultaneously disturbing and tranquil.  Like other dark ambient artists (particularly Lustmord and the later Robert Rich), Yeti Rain’s forte is slow evolving tone clusters that languorously sweep out beyond the stereo field like beacons flashing over oceans of primordial darkness.  Their basic approach is not unlike that of Univers Zero or Art Zoyd, whose futuristic chamber rock resonates with the awesome and awful majesty of stars collapsing and worlds dying.  Yeti Rain, however, differs from such groups in its unwillingness to align itself with any sort of social or political agenda.  Instead, they remain focused on the construction of meticulous soundscapes for the sake of sound itself.  The group’s minimalist approach to composition is perfectly suited to the kind of ambiance it’s desirous of creating.  William Kopecky uses his fretless bass (with ample amounts of processing) as an instrument of harmonic rather than rhythmic complexity, while synthesist Roger Ebner creates static electronic backdrops worthy of Glass and Reich at their most economical.  For both, sound is construed as more an expression of architecture rather than music in its conventional sense.  As such, the pieces on Discarnate all display an amorphousness that is nevertheless “structured” by a consistency of sound and vision, as is made clear by the neo-gothic titles (“The Veiled Daughters of Sleep,” “Sea of Endings,” “Darklight” and “Dreaming in the Teeth of Forever”).  Discarnate is the perfect accompaniment for a dark, stormy night or for hallucinatory explorations of altered states in an isolation tank, and is highly recommended to those searching for experimental forms of both post-rock and post-jazz composition.

For more information you can visit the band’s web site at:  http://www.yetirain.com/yetirain/
Also you can check out the Unicorn Digital web site at:  http://www.unicornditigal.com

Reviewed by Charles Van de Kree





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http://www.progressor.net/review/yeti_rain_2007.html


TRACK LIST:
1. The Veiled Daughters of Sleep 8:06
2. Book of Visions 7:23
3. Ebon-Ebon-Thalud 8:18
4. Sea of Endings 10:02
5. The Prophets' Needle 4:39
6. Darklight 6:53
7. Dreaming In the Teeth of Forever 10:26

LINEUP:
Roger Ebner - wind synthesizer; wind drum
William Kopecky - fretless bass; wind drum; tanpura

Prolusion. "Discarnate" is the first brainchild of YETI RAIN, the US duo of Roger Ebner and William Kopecky. The name of the first musician is unfamiliar to me, whilst Mr. Kopecky is, generally speaking, one of the most active participants of the contemporary prog rock movement, so he has been widely known in corresponding circles already for many years.

Analysis. According to the press kit, the project's music is dark and ambient, otherworldly and visionary all alike, an aural hallucinogenic - the perfect soundtrack for a disturbing dream of inner and outer spaces. Sounds frightful, but quite precisely, perhaps in full accordance with reality, meaning the real state of affairs on the album. What unites the seven instrumentals present is that all are dark in mood, all have a strong cinematic feeling and all are delivered with a pace that ranges usually from, well, simply slow to extremely slow. The difference between the tunes can be traced on both their compositional and structural levels, and also on their emotional angle, which, despite its general belonging to the aforesaid category, is rarely monochromatic. The Veiled Daughters of Sleep and The Prophets' Needle are the most unstructured and, at the same time, darkest pieces. Filled with a painful atmosphere, both are as if designed to depict some of the most nightmarish dimensions of metaphysical world. Each finds the duo being focused on eliciting various (for the most part ghostly and suchlike) effects from their instruments, so the origin of most of the sounds is completely beyond recognition. Nonetheless the final result is very picturesque, bringing to mind the place that the river of Styx flows into, namely Aid - the realm of shadows and restless souls from Homer's "Odyssey". While still not without some so to say schizophrenic elements, Ebon-Ebon-Thalud and Dreaming In the Teeth of Forever are both somewhat more cohesive in construction. The wind synthesizer can in places be clearly heard on the former, as well as fretless bass (whose solos appear to be kind of semi-frozen though), whilst on the latter the only instrument that always sounds just as it should is tanpura, representing something halfway between Sitar and Elute. Doom Ambient (all right reserved:-) would probably be the best stylistic definition for both, especially since their emotional palette includes plenty of various dark colors, such as depressive, sinister, dreadful and more. I am not sure whether Book of Visions and Sea of Endings are both composed or (lacking a better term!) improvised as the others, but these are at least completely structured and are generally transparent. Each of the instruments credited, but especially bass and tanpura, are clearly recognizable almost throughout, the prevalent mood being this time around mournful, in both cases. As for the style of these two, I see it as a sort of doom-ambient take on Indian music. While performed without tanpura, the remaining track, Darklight, is the same story overall and even reveals some eastern-like tunes in places. Finally I must admit I have no idea what a wind drum is about. In any event, I didn't hear any percussive sounds on the recording, besides which there are generally no rhythms in this amorphously eclectic music.

Conclusion. I can't say I am equally enthusiastic about all the tracks here (while being very imaginative, the two described first are certainly not my cup of tea), but overall, Yeti Rain's "Discarnate" is at once the most original and impressive Ambient-related creation I've heard in years. Those fearless enough to meet with true horror, embodied in music, should easily take this bull by the horns, just by using their ears:-). Recommended to the curious.

VM: July 19, 2007





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http://shepherd-express.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-05-17&-token.story=177189.113121&-token.subpub#123


Discarnate (Unicorn Digital)
Yeti Rain
by Michael Popke




May 17, 2007


The creepiness takes over mere seconds into Discarnate's opening track, "The Veiled Daughters of Sleep," and doesn't let up until 56 minutes later, when the last drones of "Dreaming in the Teeth of Forever" finally die. Yeti Rain, the dark and ambient project featuring Racine's acclaimed fretless bassist William Kopecky and Kenosha County's wind-synthesizer wiz Roger Ebner, creates bleak and sinister soundscapes that evolved from a series of sonic experiments and spontaneous composing sessions.

The result evokes both sacred Middle Eastern rituals and indie horror films. Kopecky and Ebner make dynamic use of their instruments and occasionally infuse these cryptic selections with exceptional melody and drama. But more often than not, Discarnate's minimalist, hypnotic tones flow into one another like so much spilled blood.

The duo recently expanded to a trio with the arrival of drummer Craig Walkner, who plays with Kopecky in the chamber-rock quartet Far Corner. His arsenal of acoustic and electronic percussion should infuse Yeti Rain's third album—a second disc featuring the two-man lineup is already nearly complete—with more tempo and flair.


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http://www.progmontreal.com/albumrev/y/albumrev-eng-y.html


YETI RAIN - DISCARNATE
Disk 1 . . . . . . .40.55
1) The Veiled Daughters of Sleep
2) Book of Visions
3) Ebon Ebon Thalud
4) Sea of Endings
5) The Prophets' Needle
6) Darklight
7) Dreaming in the Teeth of Forever

Yeti Rain's official website at:
http://www.yetirain.com/		 Line-up
William Kopecky: Fretless bass, wind drum, tanpura
Roger Ebner: wind synthetizer

format: Single CD • Unicorn Digital UNCR 5037
release date: January 2007

A review by guest critic Yves Dubé

You slowly make your way across the Arizona desert as the sun is sinking on the horizon. Heat waves warp your view of the distance. A rattlesnake slowly wanders across your path but you pay it no heed; your mind is focused elsewhere. The shaman has finally agreed to see you. You are one step closer to understanding the ways of his people. Their rich traditions, whose meanings had seemed so elusive, are within your grasp. The lapis lazuli sky starts turning shades of indigo, and then deep purple by the time you arrive at his home. You are greeted by 2 mangy mutts who guard the discarded appliances and old automobile relics which litter the shaman’s land. You make your way to the smoke house, the same one that has been used by countless generations to seek truths hidden from the all but the wisest of men. You are brought to the inner circle of his tribe; the elders are all facing a smoking heap of leaves and branches. You are the last to arrive. The ritual may now begin. The room starts filling up with smoke. At first, you feel like you will choke on the thickness of it, but the shaman’s chanting takes your mind elsewhere. You start feeling as if you are leaving your body, your soul is being lifted out of its mortal shell, and an insight and understanding of the underlying truth unifying all living things starts to become very clear to you…

Such is the imagery my mind has created in listening to Yeti Rain’s Discarnate; a very dense disc which oozes with dark and mesmerizing imagery. The musical outpouring has an ominous reticence which becomes extremely hypnotic. Made up of Roger Ebner: wind synthesizer, wind drum, and William Kopecky: fretless bass, wind drum; Discarnate is a dark work which was “spontaneously composed” to give it a very immediate feel. Sounding like a movie score, one listens to this disc with a sense of foreboding; a sense of expectancy. The 7 tracks which make up the disc all flow seamlessly into each other, creating a dark musical opus.

Some may feel that the music could be categorized as “New Age” however it would be safer to call it “New Dark Age” as there is nothing particularly light or ebullient here. The music evokes a journey to the center of one’s conscience, where one may easily encounter skeletons long ago buried. Fans of bands like Tangerine Dream will take to this immediately, as Edgar Froese and Co.’s 70s output may have been the main influence here. I really didn’t know what to make of this disc at first, but I find myself reaching for it more often than I usually would for an album of this genre.

Are you ready for the Yeti Rain?

 My rating for Discarnate : 8.2/10(album reviewed by Yves Dubé © 2007.  All Rights reserved)



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http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=4946


Yeti Rain:  Discarnate

Yeti Rain is the dark ambient/prog project from bassist William Kopecky and wind synthesist Rober Ebner.  Discarnate is their debut on Canada's Unicorn Digital, and it's an ominous seven song release of creepy soundscapes and dark journeys into vast space, sure to please fans of Tangerine Dream's early material, especially the classic album Zeit.  Kopecky's fretless bass is shrouded in a way that it undulates anguished waves of sound, brought upon by backward loops and a soaring tone, which is fleshed out by the eerie wind synthesizer from Ebner.  Describing the tracks here probably won't do anyone any good, as Discarnate is best taken in as a whole, but a good example of a highlight is "Sea of Endings", where Kopecky's bass leads you into what could be deep dark space or perhaps a voyage to the bottom of the sea, with Ebner providing the ethereal surroundings.  It's all pretty intoxicating stuff, and definitely bordering on nightmarish at times, as the duo take the listener into the soundtrack to their darkest dreams.

Discarnate won't be for everyone, and it's a far cry from some of the fusion, prog metal, and progressive rock that Kopecky's been associated with over the years, but you have to give the guys in Yeti Rain credit.  Any time two musicians can create sounds that are this moving and can influence a certain feeling in the listener, they have certainly done something right.


Track Listing
1. - The Veiled Daughters of Sleep
2. - Book of Visions
3. - Ebon Ebon Thalud
4. - Sea of Endings
5. - The Prophets' Needle
6. - Darklight
7. - Dreaming in the Teeth of Forever

Added: April 4th 2007
Reviewer: Pete Pardo
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http://www.areuonsomething.com/reviews_yeti.html

 
 
Yeti Rain – Discarnate
CD Review by Scott "Dr. Music" Itter

 

 
 
April 2007
 
 
Track listing
1.
   Veiled Daughters
of Sleep
2.
   Book of Visions
3.
   Ebon Ebon Thalud
4.
   Sea of Endings
5.
   Prophets' Needle
6.
   Darklight
7.
   Dreaming in the
Teeth of Forever
Label: Unicorn Digital
Release Date:
February 8, 2007

Before you read this, let me explain. This disc is so bizarre that I had to find a way to represent it – not only in words but in spirit as well, hence the coded text. If you'd like to read the review uncoded, click here.

I had no oehtr cciohe… Ytei Rian is anihtyng but yuor tacipyl bnad, so I cluod not wtire a tacipyl CD reivew.

Ytei Rian is an airehpsomtc mnid tirp taht is drak and fnidoberog, and eevn dnibrutsig at temis. Pniyalg lkie the sroce to smoe fitsirutuc oetur scape hroorr flim, "Dtanracsie" is a dsic taht wlil lvaee yuor bdoy nmub and yuor mnid fezorn. I can slefay say taht I hvae neevr hraed anihtyng lkie tihs. Tihs denifes uuqine. Urocinn Rdroces, Roger Ebner, and pvissergore rcok guines William Kopecky oeffr snihtemog taht wlil aetlr yuor phcyse. Wehn I lenetsid to tihs I setratd to csole my eeys. Aetfr taht, the jenruoy had bugen. I flet clod and skahy at temis. I flet as if I was wselthgies and dnitfirg at temis (and wehn yru'oe 6'4" and 280 pdnuos tihs is no slaml faet). I eevn had hlbirroe vnoisis and sadiciul tthguohs. No, I'm not the msot pllacigolohcysy becnalad iaudividnl, but I can getnaraue taht tihs dsic wlil sitr snihtemog idisne of yuor mnid as wlel. One letsin and yuor carberel cetrox wlil be in gvare degnar. Wdros lkie hnitnuag and eaerehtl hvae been uesd to qtiue aletaruccy dbircsee tihs pcejort, and the lninetsig ecneirepxe has been semmud up as an "aarul hinegonicullac." Yep. The dsic sluohd cmoe wtih a lebal snihtemog to the ecefft of "WNINRAG: Lninetsig to tihs dsic may csuae you to tset pvitisoe on a rodnam durg tset." Tihs rllaey is a drak, aneibmt and muoiretsys dsic taht atcs as a mnid aniretlg durg.

The atsitrs ievlovnd in tihs pcejort, Roger Ebner and William Kopecky, pvore to be ture veiranoisis wtih "Dtanracsie." William Kopecky is a pvissergore rcok gnait taht pyals fselters bsas bteter tahn anoyne I've eevr seen. But if you wnat tanoitidarl jnimmag ylu'ol hvae to letsin to William's Far Cenror or Kopecky ptcejors. You wno't haer otsrubtus of sniolog or hgue cretsuls of netos hree, but ttah's rllaey the btuaey of the wlohe tnihg. You can bleray tlel taht yru'oe lninetsig to snoemoe pniyalg a bsas at all. Tihs one is all auobt tnoe and feel. The dtpeh of the netos and the folw of tnoe is waht mkae tihs wrok. Tsehe peceis act as macisul moitatiden; ygoa for the mnid, if you wlil. The teltis of tsehe teirtsepas of snuod are as initseretng as the misuc ilestf. "The Velied Drethguas of Seelp," "The Ptehpors' Nldeee," and "Dnimaerg in the Tteeh of Feveror" are a few of my panosrel fetirovas. The wrod dtanracsie is denifed as "hnivag no mairetal bdoy or from," and I tnihk the misuc udlohps tihs doitinifen pltcefrey. Tihs set is a mnid bnidneg snuod lpacsdnae wrehe nnihtog is frim or riigd. The tcihk, stoomh tenos folw lkie mdduy ctalocohe suryp onizog dwon the kttony tere tknurs of a drak smawp.

If you wnat to tkae a tirp idisne yuor mnid, tihs is the scartdnuok you need. But brawee; you may not be rdaey for this. You need to dig deep idisne yuor suol to itivne tihs in, bsuacee ttah's the olny pcale wrehe tihs dsic can rdisee. Tihs is an enissorgng eoisrucxn of snuod taht pdaels wtih yuor mnid to add smoe shgit.

Lkie the dsic, the wettirn txet of tihs reivew is a bit pnilzzug and qtiue uausunl. A reivew lkie yvu'oe neevr seen, tnilleg you of snihtemog lkie yvu'oe neevr hraed. Ytei Rian tekas smoe wrok. It tekas smoe suol snihcraeg to rllaey eojny the flul ecefft. Lkie tihs reivew, the misuc araepps to be drak and cnisufnog at fsrit gcnale, but if you oepn yuor suol and itivne tihs dsic idisne, you wlil fnid taht the rlddie wlil bigen to svloe ilestf. Do ylesruof a fovar and tkae the Ytei Rian arutnevde. It's a macisul eoitarolpxn lkie no oehtr.

 
       




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PROGRESSIVE & PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC

Unicorn Rec.                    Yeti Rain : Discarnate (UK,2006)***

I had to lay this aside for a while, before being able to take this trip into some unknown darkness beyond. This is a dark ambient project featuring William Kopecky (also currently active in Far Corner; see reviews next page, on fretless bass, wind drum, tanpura) and Roger Ebner (also active in psychrock band Ovadya and avant-funk band Snarling Adjective Convention on wind synthesizer and wind drum). I very much have the impression this is a rather static soundtrack describing some variety of conditions on a different planet, with more heavy gravity, even in the clouds, like on Jupiter, where through tensions of toxic gas pressures this matter of clouds still move and are lifted slowly, and turned into spirals, sometimes growing. The sounds of clouds are like the left over metal string sounds from the bass guitar, while dark winds and air are produced by wind drums and synthesizer. A few flute-like notes I guess come from a wind synthesiser. Perhaps some changed speed sounds are used, I am not sure. Also tampura is used once to create more moods. The music shows enough movements to be convincing, even when the description shows a rather desolate sphere, and with little communications possible outside its vast elements. The free movements hardly leave a certain nest, but still give the impression of being complete as a world on its own.




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YETI RAIN / Discarnate
YETI RAIN / Discarnate
Alineado por William KOPECKY (bajo Fretless, wind drum, tanpura) y Roger EBNER (sintetizador de viento, wind drum), YETI RAIN es un experimento musical que en 2006 arroja sus primeros resultados con el álbum "Discarnate".

A pesar de que recuerdo el álbum "From Silence" de Troy DONOCKLEY & Dave BAINBRIDGE, o el mismísimo "Music From the Body" de WATERS & GEESIN, no recuerdo exactamente a qué otro proyecto donde dos buenos músicos se unen para armar un álbum de experimentación musical me suena "Discarnate". Y es que cuando uno relaciona a un William KOPECKY cuyo bajo ha decorado extraordinarios álbumes de rock progresivo ("Colossus ADEA" y "Blood", por ejemplo), junto a un Roger EBNER que se luce en el ambiente psicodélico y el avant garde, uno pensaría en encontrar un disco saturado de evoluciones progresivas rock, mas la sorpresa llega sin mas aviso ni preparación que la portada con su sugerente ambiente tenebroso… Discarnate es un álbum que contiene música atmosférica, ideal para documentar películas de horror. Pero no por ello la música lo predispone a uno a esperar que Freddy Krueger se aparezca súbito para matarnos dentro de nuestro sueño, pues la música que aquí se expone suele ser, hasta cierto punto, relajante y evocadora. No hay ritmo, no hay compás, no hay exabruptos musicales; hay constancia atmosférica, hay sonidos sugerentes, hay un nivel de experimentación fastuoso y a decir verdad, bien original. No recuerdo otro álbum con tal nivel de experimentación, apostando todo a realizar un disco que traerá penurias o alabanzas.

Hay que apellidarse KOPECKY para realizar un experimento de este nivel y ser escuchado, y ser tomado en serio. Vaya a YETI RAIN y a Unicorn Digital (el Sello discográfico que produce el álbum) un 10 por afrontar semejante riesgo, siempre pensando en realizar música original y diferente.

–Alfredo TAPIA CARRETO. Opinión personal.
 
ENGLISH Translation:

William Kopecky (fretless bass, wind drum, tanpura) aligned with Roger Ebner (wind synthesizer, wind drum), YETI RAIN is a musical experiment that has put out their first results in 2006 with the album "Discarnate".

Despite being reminiscent of the album "From Silence" of Troy Donockley & Dave Bainbridge, or the very similar "Music from the Body" of Waters & Geesin, I do not recall exactly another project where two good musicians unite to create an album of musical experimentation that sounds to me like “Discarnate”.  And it’s when one allies a William Kopecky, whose bass has adorned extraordinary albums of progressive rock ("Colossus Adea" and "Blood", for example), together with a Roger Ebner, that psychedelic ambient and avant garde are illuminated; one would expect to find a disc saturated with progressive rock evolutions, but other than the cd cover with its suggestive, gloomy atmosphere, the surprise arrives with little warning or preparation.  "Discarnate" is an album containing ambient music ideal to accompany horror films.  However that is not to say that the music prepares you to wait for Freddy Krueger to appear suddenly and kill us in our dreams, rather the music that is revealed here tends to be, up to a certain point, relaxed and evocative.  There is no rhythm, there are no measures, there are no musical eruptions; there is atmospheric certainty, there are suggestive sounds, there is a level of lavish, and to tell the truth, very original experimentation.  I do not remember another album with such a level of experimentation, betting everything on a fully realized recording, that may bring great disappointment or great praise.

You need to be named Kopecky to carry out an experiment of this level to be listened to and to be taken seriously. A 10 goes to YETI RAIN and Unicorn Digital (the record label that produces the album) for taking such a risk, and always thinking about making original and different music.


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Arlequins


Al giorno d'oggi sembra abbastanza raro trovare una label prog disposta ad avventurarsi in territori ambientali-sperimentali dai tratti sonori prettamente dark ed esoterici, anche la Musea seppur piuttosto attiva nel campo della musica elettronica con la sub label Dreaming non ha mai osato approfondire determinate tematiche musicali... La Unicorn sembra dunque intenzionata a risolvere quest'attuale mancanza di oscurità nel panorama prog con il disco d'esordio degli Yeti Rain, "Discarnate", ovvero il primo frutto nato dalla collaborazione fra Roger Ebner, già attivo in ambito psichedelico-sperimentale con gli Ovadya e la Snarling Adjective Convention, ed il bassista William Kopecky; quest'ultimo sicuramente non ha bisogno di presentazioni... Inizialmente mi aveva piuttosto incuriosito il coinvolgimento di un fratello Kopecky all'interno di un progetto radicale e sostanzialmente anti melodico come "Discarnate", comunque tanto di cappello per il coraggio di mettersi in gioco... La peculiarità di questo cd è da rintracciare in modo particolare nell'utilizzo degli strumenti a fiato elettronici di Roger Ebner affiancato ai loops penetranti ed ipnotici del basso di Kopecky, il risultato è una musica dronica, mistica e rituale, performance allucinata ed ambigua a metà fra un incubo cosmico ed un l'illuminazione primordiale. L'ascolto di "Discarnate" non può comunque farci gridare al miracolo, più o meno siamo sempre dalle parti dell'ambient-drone etnico alla Robert Rich, il tocco fretless di Kopecky comunque dà all'intera opera un retrogusto vagamente jazzato ed esotico discretamente godibile, per certi versi non siamo neanche troppo distanti dai lavori targati ECM più vicini all'ambient. Gli amanti della musica ambientale e sperimentale troveranno così delle buone ragioni per godere di questo disco, come anche i lettori più curiosi di Arlequins desiderosi di nuove esperienze...
Rough ENGLISH Translation:

Al day d' today it seems enough rare to find a label prog disposed to take risks itself in environmental-experimental territories from the sonorous dark and prettamente esoteric features, also the rather active Musea seppur in the field of music electronic with sub label the Dreaming has not never dared to deepen determined thematic musical… The Unicorn seems therefore disposed to resolve quest' it puts into effect them lack of dusk in the panorama prog with the disc d' debut of the Yeti Rain, " Discarnate" , that is the first fruit been born from the collaboration between Roger Ebner, already active in psichedelico-experimental within with the Ovadya and the Snarling Adjective Convention, and the bassista William Kopecky; quest' last sure it does not have need of presentations… To initially it had rather made curious the involvement me than a Kopecky brother all' inside of a radical plan and substantially anti melodico like " Discarnate" , however a lot of hat for the courage to put itself in game… The peculiarity of this cd is from tracing particularly nell' I use of the electronic instruments to breath of Roger Ebner placed side by side to the loops penetrating and ipnotici of the low of Kopecky, the result is a dronica, mystical and rituale music, allucinata and ambiguous performance to half between a cosmic incubus and a l' primordiale lighting system. L' I listen of " Discarnate" it cannot however it makes us to scream to the miracle, more or less we are always from the parts dell' ambient-drone ethnic to the Robert Rich, the touch fretless of Kopecky however gives all' entire a retrogusto operates vaguely jazzato and exotic discreetly godibile, for sure backs we are not even too much distant from nearer targati intense activities ECM all' ambient. The lovers of music acclimatize them and experience will find thus them of the good reasons in order to enjoy this disc, like also the readers more curious than Arlequins yearnings of new experiences…



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Movimentiprog


Review
Rough ENGLISH Translation:

New guided pair ambient-prog from William Kopecky

Creed never has not been used l' label " ambient prog" , but in any case the plan Yeti Rain is what more of the others (Nema Niko, Random Touch etc.) can fregiarsi of the term, own because it is born with l' attempt to amalgamate the deep and visionarie electronic webbings with a form of extemporaneous and complex composition. William Kopecky is one of the area musicians prog more creatives and unfortunately underrated, its music with Kopecky, Parallel Mind and Far Corner have always had un' innovative and curious attitude that distinguishes its plans dall' atmosphere of the prog contemporary. The American bassista has invented this adventure with the fiatista types them Roger Ebner, careful under consideration to the technological developments of music but also of the sonorità Middle Eastern: the pair Yeti Rain sforna like first job this intriguer " Discarnate". Ideal sonorous column of an incubus or a iniziatico travel to the discovery of hidden secrets, music of the pair is decidedly alarming and nell' to join plumbeee atmospheres and at the same time aerial and flown hides them the point of force of the plan. Long pieces like " The veiled daughter of sleep" , " Sea of endings" (with evocative wefts it orients them) and " Dreaming in the teeth of forever" they are fruit of unexpected sessions and you only listen to multiples and repeated they will be able catturarvi. Sonorous bands in appearing staticità, loops left on I found them for giving greater prominence to a constant sonorous mist that slowly, but inexorably, acquires concretezza, making to dull melodiche cells like in " Book of visions". Egg whites mystical, enigmatic and classified to little. The lovers dell' electronics and dell' improvisation will find here bread for their teeth, those which have loved and follow Kopecky will remain astonished from the jump in ahead (or behind) of the bassista prepared one. It would have to arrive before how much according to egg whites " Nest of storms".



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